Patrick Marnham

How the myth of Paris liberating itself was born

When De Gaulle persuaded Eisenhower to allow the French 2nd armoured division to lead a diversion into the city on 25 August 1944, it was his own political future he was thinking of

Crowds line the Champs-Élysées to cheer the Allied tanks the day after liberation, with pro-De Gaulle posters already in place. [Getty Images]
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