Eleven Days In August - The Liberation Of Paris In 1944

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Details: ' The final days of the German occupation of the French capital are vividly captured in this fine account of death & deliverance' Sir Max Hastings The liberation of Paris was a momentous point in twentieth-century history, yet it is now largely forgotten outside France. Eleven Days in August is a pulsating hour-by-hour reconstruction of these tumultuous events that shaped the final phase of the war & the future of France, told with the pace of a thriller. While examining the conflicting national & international interests that played out in the bloody street fighting, it tells of how, in eleven dramatic days, people lived, fought & died in the most beautiful city in the world. Above all, it shows that while the liberation of Paris may be attributed to the audacity of the Resistance, the weakness of the Germans & the strength of the Allies, the key to it all was the Parisians who by turn built street barricades & sunbathed on the banks of the Seine, who fought the Germans & simply tried to survive until the Germans finally surrendered, in a billiard room at the Prefecture of Police. One of the most iconic moments in the history of the twentieth century had come to a close, & the face of Paris would never be the same again. Ideal for: all interested in France & her people & for those with an interest in World War 2. This paperback book has 525 pages & measures: 20 x 13 x 4cm