Paris '44 : The Shame and the Glory, Patrick Bishop

Paris '44 : The Shame and the Glory, Patrick BishopNew paperback From the Sunday Times bestselling Patrick Bishop comes a heart stopping countdown narrative recreating the liberation of Paris in 1944, one of the great and most dramatic hinge moments of WW2. When the Germans marched in and the lamps went out in the City of Light the millions who loved Paris mourned. Liberation, four years later, triggered an explosion of joy and relief. It was the party of the century and everybody who was anybody was

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Nearly 600 superb photos are included

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