1944, on a Paris bridge. Riffaud was spotted as she escaped on her bicycle, then arrested, tortured and jailed before being freed in a prisoner exchange days before the liberation of the city.

In “Paris 1944: Occupation, Resistance, Liberation,” Patrick Bishop tells the stories of the individuals who lived through the four years of occupation, from German soldiers to French ...

Patrick Bishop’s fascinating account of the liberation of Paris. On April 28 1944, thousands of French people gathered in the city centre to applaud Marshal Philippe Pétain, head of the ...

As the Allied armies finally broke through the German lines in Normandy in August 1944, the collaborationists ... the story of the liberation of Paris, is published on 25 April ...

PARIS 1944: Occupation, Resistance, Liberation, by Patrick Bishop The Liberation of Paris in 1944 is an undeniably alluring subject, especially in the wake of the recent French elections.

Riffaud was spotted as she escaped on her bicycle, then arrested, tortured and jailed before being freed in a prisoner exchange days before the liberation of the city. On August 19, 1944 ...

The scenes were colourful highlights of commemorations recalling 25 August, 1944 when first French ... gave their lives to liberate Paris,” Chirac said. The liberation of Paris 60 years ago ...

An unexpected strike suddenly launched the liberation fight. “The spark that lit the guns of insurrection in Paris during the hot days of mid-August 1944 came from a surprising and unlikely ...

1944, on a Paris bridge. Riffaud was spotted as she escaped on her bicycle, then arrested, tortured and jailed before being freed in a prisoner exchange days before the liberation of the city.

As the Germans descended on Paris in June 1940, Jean Texcier, who worked for France’s Ministry of Trade, printed some advice for Parisians on how to behave toward the occupiers. He put the ...