Libération de Paris

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Libération_de_Paris
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Battle_for_Paris
gptkbp:casualties French Resistance: ~1,500 killed
German: ~3,200 killed or wounded
Civilians: ~1,000 killed
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkb:French_Forces_of_the_Interior
gptkb:German_Wehrmacht
Free French 2nd Armored Division
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Henri_Rol-Tanguy
gptkb:Philippe_Leclerc_de_Hauteclocque
gptkb:Dietrich_von_Choltitz
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:25_August_(France)
gptkbp:endDate 25 August 1944
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Liberation_of_France
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Libération de Paris
gptkbp:location gptkb:Paris
gptkbp:mediaType Film: Is Paris Burning?
Photographs by Robert Capa
gptkbp:notableEvent German garrison surrenders
De Gaulle's speech at Hôtel de Ville
gptkbp:notableParticipant gptkb:Charles_de_Gaulle
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Normandy_Campaign
gptkbp:result Allied victory
gptkbp:significance gptkb:End_of_German_occupation_of_Paris
Symbolic victory for Allies
gptkbp:startDate 19 August 1944
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:1st_Spahi_Regiment
gptkb:Libération_de_la_France
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7