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The blood of free men : the liberation of Paris, 1944 / Michael Neiberg.
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- ISBN: 9780465023998 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0465023991 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- Physical Description: xxxi, 309 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Basic Books, A Member of the Perseus Books Group, 2012.
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-298) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The end of this nightmare -- Resistance -- Berlin, Washington, London and Paris -- The smasher of cities -- The guns go off, August 15-18 -- "The most beautiful days of our lives," August 19-20 -- The days of the barricades, August 21 and 22 -- Deliverance, August 23 and 24 -- Apotheosis, August 25-27. |
| Summary, etc.: | Describes the operation involving Resistance fighters, Allied commanders, and French citizens that resulted in the liberation of Paris in 1944 from German occupation and ultimately helped shape the outcome of World War II. |
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| Subject: | World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > France > Paris. |
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The Blood of Free Men : The Liberation of Paris 1944
Michael Neiberg is a professor of history and the Henry L. Stimson Chair of History and Security Studies in the Department of National Security and Strategy at the U.S. Army War College. The author of several award-winning books, Neiberg lives in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
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