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 vital grenade was inspected. The French Forces of the interior, comandeared their requisition cars camouflaged their requisition cars. The first sparks were ready to burst into flames. It provides a natural bastian 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 meet 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. Direct fire was played on the
Or confirm she had an affair with borisjohnson. Their friendship, she says, had nothing to do with the grants she got while he was london mayor. Hello and welcome im Christian Fraser in london, Michelle Fleury is in washington. Four years ago, the caliphate of the so called Islamic State stretched across a large swathe of syria and iraq. The group was busy murdering american and european hostages, its fighters had killed 138 people on the streets of paris. The americans turned to the kurds for help. And not only did they help to defeat the group, but today the kurds are guarding tens of thousands of defeated is fighters. But last night, President Trump turned his back on his kurdish allies, announcing that he is withdrawing the us soldiers from syria and will not be standing in the way of a planned turkish incursion into northeast syria. The decision has been slammed in washington. In recent weeks, the americans had persuaded the kurds to dismantle defensive positions, that were instal
Of war and democracy. It is great to see you all here, and to have our friends at cspan sharing this wonderful content with their feelings. To their viewers. To those watching on our livestream at home, welcome. I would like to take a moment to recognize some individuals. First off, to we have any world war ii veterans or home front workers in our crowd tonight . [applause] do we have any veterans of any other era . Please stand. [applause] and do we have many members of our board of trustee . Thank you all for your service. Summer, we here at museum have been busy commemorating the 75th anniversary of major events in world war ii, the biggest of which was june 6 for dday, invasion at normandy. Some other recent major anniversaries include last month , on july 20, the assassination in the bunker. Er landings, the dragoon in Southern France took place. This week marks the 75th anniversary of one of the most glorious moments of the war, when the city of light, paris, w as liberated after
Announcer next, a u. S. Office of war information newsreel showing the street battles that led to the liberation of paris from nazi occupation 75 years ago in august of 1944. Announcer paris was a city with a smoldering purpose, signs in an alien tongue stood isolated. An 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. Calmly the French Forces of the , interior, camouflaged their requisition cars. On the Ile De France the first , sparks were ready to burst into flames. It provides a natural bastion winding through the heart of the capital. The men took their positions. The severed German Forces who neither opposed the infantry from the south, nor effectively be to the imminent attack from within. The center of the bastion as the was the police headquarters. That was objective number one. It was here that the battle began. Here, the first bloo
Marseillese] narrator the heart of european civilization is beating strong again. Paris is free. 4 years of courage of hope have been answered, and a tide of jubilation has burst forth. The people, always great performers in historys drama, rose to meet their liberators. Once more france held high her , head. Unswerving victory march proudly along the champselysees. In the weeks preceding, the nazis had paid a frightful price. The sector from cannes to the seines, had become a vast slaughterhouse of German Military power. 40 days of attacks by the allied forces had torn the best of hitlers arm to shreds. From the vortex of that desolation nothing emerged but , days of wounded prisoners. First they appeared singly, then in small groups. Finally in great masses of beat nazis. They found themselves in a prison camp of their own making, one intended for french men. Some are stunned and bewildered. Some cannot hide their happy relief. A 13yearold boy has been a slave to the nazis since maki