Burning down Paris! August 44 – WW2

Burning down Paris! August 44 – WW2

August 1944. Hitler demands that Paris be wiped off the map. Out of rage, out of madness, to prevent the Allied advance, Parisian bridges and monuments must all be blown up. Why and how will General Dietricht von Choltitz, Governor of the capital, disobey his Fürher’s orders and save Paris? Credit to : Best Documentary