The liberation of Paris : how Eisenhower, de Gaulle, and von Choltitz saved the City of Light /
Smith, Jean Edward,
The liberation of Paris : how Eisenhower, de Gaulle, and von Choltitz saved the City of Light / Jean Edward Smith. - First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. - 242 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-229) and index.
Paris occupied -- De Gaulle and the resistance -- The Allies advance -- The German defense -- The resistance rises -- Eisenhower changes plans -- Leclerc moves out -- A field of ruins -- Day of liberation -- De Gaulle triumphant.
"The liberation of Paris tells the dramatic story of the Allied decision in World War II to divert from the strategic plan in order to save the City of Light from chaos and assist de Gaulle's efforts to become France's new leader even as the German general in charge of the occupation defied his orders to destroy the city as the Allies closed in."--
9781501164927 1501164929
2018036260
GBB9A1618 bnb
019428076 Uk
World War, 1939-1945--France--Paris.
Paris (France)--History--1940-1944.
France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
The liberation of Paris : how Eisenhower, de Gaulle, and von Choltitz saved the City of Light / Jean Edward Smith. - First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. - 242 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-229) and index.
Paris occupied -- De Gaulle and the resistance -- The Allies advance -- The German defense -- The resistance rises -- Eisenhower changes plans -- Leclerc moves out -- A field of ruins -- Day of liberation -- De Gaulle triumphant.
"The liberation of Paris tells the dramatic story of the Allied decision in World War II to divert from the strategic plan in order to save the City of Light from chaos and assist de Gaulle's efforts to become France's new leader even as the German general in charge of the occupation defied his orders to destroy the city as the Allies closed in."--
9781501164927 1501164929
2018036260
GBB9A1618 bnb
019428076 Uk
World War, 1939-1945--France--Paris.
Paris (France)--History--1940-1944.
France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.