BERLIN, June 14, 1940 (UP) - Germany, with her troops clattering down the Champs Elysee in Paris and smashing ahead on all French fronts, asserted tonight that the total military collapse of ...

Soldiers from the French Second Armored Division fight the German Army in Paris on August 25, 1944. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons General Dietrich von Choltitz Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-R63712 ...

With 80 German soldiers manning the weapons, the guns fired 21 projectiles on Quai de la Seine in Paris, killing 15 people and wounding 36 others. One crater left by the projectiles measured 10 ...

Paris on Sunday celebrated the 80 th anniversary of its liberation from German troops in World War II with tributes, military marches and the hoisting of a flag at the Eiffel Tower.. On August 25 ...

Paris – Paris on Sunday celebrated the 80th anniversary of its liberation from German troops in World War II with tributes, military marches and the hoisting of a flag at the Eiffel Tower.

Soldiers from the French Second Armored Division fight the German Army in Paris on August 25, 1944. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons The risk was huge, the decision contentious.