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Liberation of Paris 1944 - Patton's race for the Seine (Paperback)
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Liberation of Paris 1944 - Patton's race for the Seine (Paperback)
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Loot Price R448
Discovery Miles 4 480
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In July 1944 of World War II (1939-1945), Operation Cobra broke the
stalemate in Normandy and sent the Allies racing across France. The
Allied commanders ignored Paris in their planning for this
campaign, considering that the risk of intense street fighting and
heavy casualties outweighed the city's strategic importance.
However, Charles de Gaulle persuaded the Allied commanders to take
direct action to liberate his nation's capital. Steven J Zaloga
first describes the operations of Patton's Third Army as it
advanced towards Paris before focusing on the actions of the
Resistance forces inside the city and of the Free French armored
division that fought its way in and joined up with them to liberate
it on August 24. De Gaulle could then proclaim, Paris liberated!
and one of the world's loveliest cities had survived Hitler's
strident command that it should be held at all costs or reduced to
rubble.
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