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$The Blood of Free Men: The Liberation of Paris, 1944 The Blood of Free Men: The Liberation of Paris, 1944 With Michael S. Neiberg Part of Liberation of Paris week https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDG3XyxGI5lC61hk5pza0Dq0OQs3zF_jw&si=kHmUa7f_zuqeZI04 Also part of our 80th Anniversary Series https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDG3XyxGI5lCyOAGNszPdUOkA43dfSldX&si=bfIRjfLj4XKUcXds As the Allies struggled inland from Normandy in August of 1944, the fate of Paris hung in the balance. Other jewels of Europe sites like Warsaw, Antwerp, and Monte Cassino were, or would soon be, reduced to rubble during attempts to liberate them. But Paris endured, thanks to a fractious cast of characters, from Resistance cells to Free French operatives to an unlikely assortment of diplomats, Allied generals, and governmental officials. Their efforts, and those of the German forces fighting to maintain control of the city, would shape the course of the battle for Europe and color popular memory of the conflict for generations to come. In todays show, celebrated historian Michael Neiberg deftly tracks the forces vying for Paris, providing a revealing new look at the citys dramatic and triumphant resistance against the Nazis. The salvation of Paris was not a foregone conclusion, Neiberg shows, and the liberation was a chaotic operation that could have easily ended in the citys ruin. The Allies were intent on bypassing Paris so as to strike the heart of the Third Reich in Germany, and the French themselves were deeply divided; feuding political cells fought for control of the Resistance within Paris, as did Charles de Gaulle and his Free French Forces outside the city. Although many of Pariss citizens initially chose a tenuous stability over outright resistance to the German occupation, they were forced to act when the approaching fighting pushed the city to the brink of starvation. In a desperate bid to save their city, ordinary Parisians took to the streets, and through a combination of valiant fighting, shrewd diplomacy, and last-minute aid from the Allies, managed to save the City of Lights. Michaels last appearances on WW2TV DDay 80 - 6 June Livestream - The Reaction in France https://youtube.com/live/G1o98WDs_RA The Politics of Operation Torch https://youtube.com/live/bn6bfSOZlQ4 Buy the book: UK https://uk.bookshop.org/a/5843/9780465023998 USA https://bookshop.org/a/21029/9780465023998 You can become a YouTube Member and support us here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUC1nmJGHmiKtlkpA6SJMeA You can become a Patron here https://www.patreon.com/WW2TV Please click subscribe for updates also like the video - it really helps! Social Media links - https://twitter.com/WW2TV https://www.facebook.com/WW2TV https://www.instagram.com/ww2tv/ WW2TV Merchandise https://ww2tv.creator-spring.com/ WW2TV Bookshop - where you can purchase copies of books featured in my YouTube shows. Any book listed here comes with the personal recommendation of Paul Woodadge, the host of WW2TV. For full disclosure, if you do buy a book through a link from this page WW2TV will earn a commission. UK - https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/WW2TV USA - https://bookshop.org/shop/WW2TV Patreon Brigadiers: Susan Yu, David Keahey and Tom Mullen Become a WW2TV Brigadier and become part of this Hall of Fame https://www.patreon.com/WW2TV$

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