Friday, November 04, 2016

Paris '44 - The City of Light Redeemed, William Mortimer-Moore.

Paris '44 - The City of Light Redeemed, William Mortimer-Moore
Covers both the Resistance uprising within Paris and the military campaign to liberate the city, focusing on the role of the French 2e DB (armoured division), the Free French unit that liberated the centre of Paris. A moving account of the various strands that led to the comparatively painless liberation of Paris, a city that avoided the devastation ordered by Hitler. An excellent study of one of the more remarkable incidents of the liberation of France
[read full review]

No comments: