15, and those which had landed in normandy on the sixth of june. This junction closed the last escape route for the germans remaining in the south and west of france. Thefighting qualities of soldiers, sailors and airmen of the United Nations defeated the enemy in southern france. Their valor, stamina and devotion to duty were beyond praised. Announcer , a u. S. Office of war information newsreel showing the street battles that led to the liberation of paris from nazi up you five years ago in august of 1944 from that the occupation 75 years ago in august of 1944. Announcer paris was a city with a smoldering purpose, signs in an alien tongue stood isolated. And alien flag flapped in the breeze. But behind the windows there was meaningful preparations. Men checked their stock of arms. No single bullet could be wasted. Each battle grenade was inspected. The French Forces of the interior, fudged their requisition cars camouflaged their requisition cars. The first sparks were ready to burst into flames. Bastiandes a natural winding through the heart of the capital. The men took their positions. The German Forces who neither opposed the infantry from the south, nor effectively be to the imminent attack from within. The center of the bastion was the police headquarters. That was objective number one. It was here that the battle began. Here, the first blood was drawn. There were deaths and casualties in both camps. But the spilled blood brought firstclass weapons to the ffi. They were put to immediate and effective use. Was played on the german staff commanding the garrison in the police headquarters. This was the first important success scored by the paris resistance forces. It gave them a place from which to organize. It gives them authority. Tension had been relieved. All, the expert effect of corsica, the men who secretly directed the Harris Police to stand by for orders. Now he came into the open as chief of resistance throughout france. The gendarmerie had played the game with infinite tact. They held together, they gathered arms and barricaded themselves in. Then according to plan, they coordination with the attackers outside. Came the moment of final inspection. The leader told the local chiefs his plan. Terrorrted the lyon mass popular uprising. They heard the call of the barricades once again. Legend has it that the very stones would rise, and rise they did. Once again, in the long history of mans fight for freedom paris tore up of the cobblestones to make entrenchments. Nots the eternal stood o only for herself but for free men the world over. The people rose to the moment, a fateful moment for the entire world. With the barricades in place, the scene was set for action. Intense activity was underway inside headquarters. Small units were everywhere. But allied divisions were approaching, among them the french armored division. German tanks tried vainly to find soft spots near hotel de ville. Here is the call citizens to arms. [bugle] [explosion] [gunfire] german snipers opened up on the roof of the hotel. [gunfire] is a marked man. [gunfire] narrator and this german convoy is doomed. It will never escape. [gunfire] [explosions] [machine gun fire] [explosions] [shouting] [gunfire] [explosions] narrator the initial flare up had passed. All inspections are cleared of german army. On the an occasional nazi sniper remains behind, but he is hunted from every corner. [gunfire] narrator at the hotel de ville, the townhall, the air is electric. It was thought the germans had fired their last shot. [explosion] [gunfire] [bullets zipping through the air] incessant gunfire] narrator already, the flow of enemy prisoners was running into the thousands, but german treachery knows no end. [gunfire] narrator here is the nazi story. We surrender, it says. Please dont shoot. The frenchman going for the capture. Material damages insignificant. It is a small price for leah nanc from the end of not see tyranny for the end of nazi tyranny. But even as the french colors rose in triumph, nazi broke his sworn word. He counterattacked. To his treachery was this evidence of his best year that he, left behind within the gates of paris. In the threshold of german soil, the memory of these useless men and women is not going to be forgotten. Promise has been given that the criminals responsible for these and countless other crimes are to be punished without exception. The crowds which he or their freedom and did so with 4 years behind them, for vividly remembered years. With sobering years of reconstruction, they could think of nothing but this various moment of liberation. [cheers and applause] popular general leclerc leads his division passed the statue. ,hey came in a dramatic moment in time to assure the victorious conquest of the resistance forces. [cheers and applause] narrator bullets again interrupt the jubilance, but only for a moment. [gunfire] [gunfire] [shouting] narrator amid such scenes of delirious contrast, paris finally find deliverance. The home of freedom is once again the home of freemen. The victorious and of the battle of europe is at hand