World War II ‘Liberation of Paris’ Combat Documentary, 1944

World War II ‘Liberation of Paris’ Combat Documentary, 1944

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.