Befrielsen af Paris

Befrielsen af Paris
Del af Operation Overlord under 2. verdenskrig
Franskmænd på Champs-Élysées for at se den frie franske 2. panserdivision, kampvogne og halv-bælte køretøjer med Triumfbuen i baggrunden den 25. august 1944.
Franskmænd på Champs-Élysées for at se den frie franske 2. panserdivision, kampvogne og halv-bælte køretøjer med Triumfbuen i baggrunden den 25. august 1944.
Dato19. august 194425. august 1944
StedParis, Frankrig
ResultatAfgørende Frie Fransk sejr
Parter
Frankrig Frie franske styrker

USA USA
Canada Canada
Polen Polen
Storbritannien Storbritannien

Tyskland Nazi-Tyskland
Ledere
Frankrig Philippe Leclerc

Frankrig Raymond Dronne
Frankrig Henri Rol-Tanguy
Frankrig Jacques Chaban-Delmas

Tyskland Dietrich von Choltitz
Styrke
Frie Franske 2. pansere division,
Den franske modstandsbevægelse
5.000 i centrum af Paris og 15.000 i udkanten af byen.
Tab
Lorrainekorset Franske modstands folk: 1.500 døde.

Frankrig De frie franske: 130 døde og 319 såret.
Polen Polen: 350 døde, 1.160 såret og 79 fanget.
Canada Canada[1]: 5.500 døde, såret eller fanget.

14.100 dræbt
42.800 – 52.800 taget til fange.

Befrielsen af Paris (også kendt som slaget om Paris) fandt sted under 2. verdenskrig fra 19. august 1944 indtil den tyske garnison overgav sig den 25. august. Den franske hovedstad var blevet styret af Nazi-Tyskland, siden Frankrig overgav sig i juni 1940, hvor også Vichy Frankrig blev oprettet med hovedstad i den sydfranske by Vichy.

Noter og referencer

  1. ^ La Bataille de France 1944–1945, Jacques Mordal, Arthaud, 1964
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Crowds of French patriots line the Champs Elysees to view Free French tanks and half tracks of General Leclerc's 2nd Armored Division passes through the Arc du Triomphe, after Paris was liberated on August 26, 1944. Among the crowd can be seen banners in support of Charles de Gaulle.