IS PARIS BURNING? by Larry Collins & Dominique Lapierre. 376 pages. Simon & Schuster. $6.95. Hitler’s orders were blunt: if Paris could not be defended against the onrushing Allied armies, it was to ...
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The Battle of Paris: The Panther vs. Liberation
As the French Resistance rose on August 19, German forces struggled to contain the uprising. General Dietrich von Choltitz ...
The night of August 24, 1944. The fate of Paris is in the hands of General von Choltitz, governor of Grand Paris, who is preparing to blow up the French capital, on Hitler's orders. The descendant of ...
Hitler's command was clear: if he couldn't hold Paris, it must be turned into a smoldering ruin. So why did the man tasked with its destruction, General von Choltitz, ultimately refuse? Delve into the ...
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