# World War II Liberation Of Paris 1944 Combat Documentary 78174

This issue of the British "Act and Fact" newsreel series focuses on the Allied drive towards Paris in 1944. The Liberation of Paris (also known as the Battle for Paris) was a military conflict that took place during World War II from 19 August 1944 until the German garrison surrendered the French capital on 25 August 1944. Paris had been ruled by Nazi Germany since the signing of the Second Compiègne Armistice on 22 June 1940, after which the Wehrmacht occupied northern and western France. The film begins with the Allied drive in Normandy and the assault on Caen, and ends with the liberation of Paris. At 4:00, American tanks under General Patton and General Bradley are seen advancing with British air support and tanks, destroying German opposition on the road to Paris. At 4:45 a series of gun camera images (including an astonishing shot at the 4:45 mark of a German transport strafed in mid-air). At the 5 minute mark, German prisoners are seen, some of 30,000 taken captive after D-Day. The liberation began when the French Forces of the Interior—the military structure of the French Resistance—staged an uprising against the German garrison upon the approach of the US Third Army, led by General George Patton. On the night of August 24, elements of General Philippe Leclerc's 2nd French Armoured Division (the Régiment de marche du Tchad, a mechanised infantry unit led by Captain Raymond Dronne and composed primarily of exiled Spanish republicans), fought its way into Paris and…

- Kind: Documentary
- Genres: War, Documentary, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/78174RoadToParis)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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