The liberation of Paris : how Eisenhower, de Gaulle, and von Choltitz saved the City of Light

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The liberation of Paris : how Eisenhower, de Gaulle, and von Choltitz saved the City of Light

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how Eisenhower, de Gaulle, and von Choltitz saved the City of Light

Statement of responsibility

Jean Edward Smith

Language

eng

Summary

"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."--
Following their breakout from Normandy in late June 1944, the Allies swept across northern France in pursuit of the German army. As they advanced, local forces in Paris began their own liberation, defying the occupying German troops. Charles de Gaulle urged General Dwight Eisenhower to divert forces to liberate Paris. Neither man knew that the German commandant, Dietrich von Choltitz, convinced that the war was lost, dissembled and schemed to surrender the city to the Allies intact, defying Hitler's orders to leave it a burning ruin. Smith shows how the decision to free the city slowed the Allied momentum and allowed the Germans to regroup, prolonging the war for another six months. -- adapted from jacket

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LBSOR/DLC

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940.54/214361

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index present

LC call number

D762.P3

LC item number

S65 2019

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult

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