Tag: Dietrich von Choltitz

• The Liberation of Paris, Wednesday, August 23, 1944.

  

  Day 5 – Liberation of Paris, Wednesday, 23 August 1944. Parisians listen with stupefaction as the BBC in London prematurely announces that the capital has been liberated by its own population. Heavy fighting is still taking place throughout the capital.

  August 23, 2024

  1940s, event & history, Liberation of Paris 1944, World War II

  1940s, Dietrich von Choltitz, event & history, Liberation of Paris 1944, World War II