Paris Liberated 25 Aug 1944

As many radical left socialist converge in Denver to protest during the Democratic Convention this week, it is good to consider the contract 64 years ago today in Paris. H/T to D=S for reminding us of this event: "We all know the American military are really the bad guys. I wonder if a liberal socialist could bring themselves to acknowledge the liberation of Paris from Nazi tyranny as a victory" From Wiki:

The Liberation of Paris (also known as Battle for Paris) took place during World War II from 19 August 1944 until the surrender of the occupying German garrison on the 25th. The capital of France had been administered by Nazi Germany since the Second Compiègne armistice in June 1940, when the Vichy puppet regime was established with its capital in the central city of Vichy.

The liberation was an uprising by the French Resistance against the German Paris garrison. On 24 and 25 August, the FFI resistants received backup from the Free French Army of Liberation and the uprising evolved to urban warfare with the use of barricades, submachine guns, and tanks firing against Nazi and Milice snipers until the German surrender on 25 August.

This battle marked the end of Operation Overlord, the liberation of France by the Allies, the restoration of the French Republic and the exile of the Vichy government to Sigmaringen in Germany.

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