TY  - BOOK
AU  - Smith,Jean Edward
TI  - The liberation of Paris: how Eisenhower, de Gaulle, and von Choltitz saved the City of Light 
SN  - 9781501164927
PY  - 2019///
CY  - New York
PB  - Simon & Schuster
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - France
KW  - Paris
KW  - Paris (France)
KW  - History
KW  - 1940-1944
KW  - German occupation, 1940-1945
N1  - 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
N2  - "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."--
ER  -