PARIS LIBRE [FREE PARIS] - Series 1, Series 2, Series 3, - Photographs depicting the liberation of Paris at the end of World War II. Each set of 20 photographs - numbered 1-20 in the original package designed in the shape of the Victory Gate and Allied flags, and an accompanying leaf describing the photographs in each set. Published by C.A.P August 1944. Released as a souvenir booklet immediately after the liberation of Paris.
photos Include: Parisians hide in recent shootings, the entry of the Second Armored Division of the Free French Army into the city, the capture of German soldiers as prisoners, the speech of Charles de Gaulle - President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic on San Domenic Street, and other photographs of de Gaulle in the liberated streets, mass The French soldiers as they enter the city through the Victory Gate, the crowd cheering for the soldiers, soldiers holding Allied flags, the ruins of the city in some places, and many more.
The French capital has been ruled by Nazi Germany since the armistice agreement with France in June 1940, while establishing the puppet regime that established its capital in the spa town of Vichy. As the United States Third Army approached under the command of George Patton, an uprising of the French underground against the German garrison in Paris began. On 24 and 25 August, members of the French Interior Forces (FFI) of the Resistance received backing from the Free French Army and the uprising turned into urban fighting, with the help of barricades, machine guns, French militia snipers and tanks, firing at the Nazi forces, until their surrender. The 'Battle of Paris' took place in August 1944, and ended with the surrender of the occupying German garrison on the 25th of the month.
The battle marked the end of Operation Oberlord - the liberation of France by the Allies, the restoration of the French Republic and the exile of members of the Vichy government to Sigmaringen in Germany, and was one of the signs that marked the end of World War II.
Sets 1, 2, 3. Each set has 20 photographs in original packages. A total of 60 photographs. Same size: 9x6 cm. General condition very good.
