Paris 1940 & 1944

Owen · 23-02-2007, 11:19 AM

Looking in the Gallery found these.
http://www.ww2talk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=956

http://www.ww2talk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=1916

http://www.ww2talk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=814

Harry Ree · 23-02-2007, 03:04 PM

One of the best shots I saw was in a collection of a friend of mine who tooks the shots when he entered Paris after its fall in August 1944.He was in the RAF in what was to come the 2nd Tactical Air Force.They left Ipswich, I think it was on D Day +1 to land in the Normandy beachhead to construct and man landing strips.

As I say he entered a free Paris and took a shot of Resistance propaganda which had been painted on a long wall.On it, in French was in large white lettering which translated to English as 'Germany like Carthage will fall' Quite inspiring to the Parisians and the forecasting of the oncoming doom of the Third Reich to the German occupiers.

The shot may have appeared on the newsreels of the time but I cannot recollect seeing it.

Owen · 06-04-2007, 02:53 PM

1940 Germans marching down the Champs Elysees towards the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.

1944
Liberation of Paris: In the shadow of the Arc de Triomphe, two soldiers of the 2nd French Armoured Division shoot at German snipers and pro-German French militia who were making an abortive attempt to free German prisoners. The latter lie dead on the Champs Elysees.

An AFPU jeep displaying a large union flag drives down the Champs Elysees in Paris, 26 August 1944.

Owen · 14-07-2007, 10:25 PM

Had to post this one from the gallery.
http://www.ww2talk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=3015
German Krupp Protze by the Obelisk, Place de la Concord.

Haven't got a photo but 1944 image is of this, from 43rd Wessex Div History.

Quote:

Despite the fact that Paris lay in the American Area, the Divisional staff managed to arrange for twenty-six men a day of each unit to visit the city. These were among the first British troops to be seen and were given a demostrative reception.
Voluble and astonished crowds gathered round the lorries parked in the Place de la Concorde, where, without feeling of incongruity, the men proceeded to "brew up" true to the tradition of sang froid brittanique.

Last time I was there myself I could "see" those Tommies brewing up.
Great isn't it, visit a city like Paris and what do I think of ?

Owen · 14-07-2007, 10:29 PM

The Second World War 1939-1945: Hitler standing at the Trocadero, Paris, with the Pont d'Iena and the Eiffel Tower in the background, during his only visit to the French capital.

Then me & the kids, Feb '06. Nearly same view

Owen · 26-07-2007, 09:32 PM

Atmospheric shot of the Arc de Triomphe in the snow.
http://www.ww2talk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=3420

Gotthard Heinrici · 26-07-2007, 10:36 PM

I believe that the Germans took the exact route that the French Army took for its victory in 1918. It was the final insult for France.

Owen · 14-08-2007, 08:13 AM

A German coach tour of Paris from the gallery.
http://www.ww2talk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2968

KriegsmarineFreak · 14-08-2007, 05:44 PM

1) Liberation of Paris

2) Allies Marching Into Paris

3) Germans Capture Paris

sapper · 14-08-2007, 05:59 PM

If any British were in Paris when it was liberated? they should not have been there. Paris was off limits to all British Troops. That some got there is beyond question, but not officially, the Liberation of Paris was to be reserved for the Americans and the French. NOt the British.
We Liberated Brussels. The Paris show was reserved for the Yanks, and at the time caused not a little resentment.
Sapper

26-07-2007, 10:36 PM	#7 (permalink)
Gotthard Heinrici Ostfront is where its at! Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 3,252	I believe that the Germans took the exact route that the French Army took for its victory in 1918. It was the final insult for France. __________________ *"The Eastern front is like a house of cards. If the front is broken through at one point all the rest will collapse."* - General Heinz Guderian "With amazement and disappointment, we discovered in late October and early November that the beaten Russians seemed quite unaware that as a military force they had almost ceased to exist." - General Blumentritt "In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen me fight so hard." Lieutenant General Wilhelm Bittrich - Commander of II SS Panzer Korps - (Commenting on the British Paratroopers at Arnhem) - September 1944 "Had Clark given more heed to Juin's views...the savage battles of Cassino would probably never have been fought and the venerable house of St Benedict would have been unscathed" Rudolf Böhmler - 1st Fallschirmjäger Division - 1944 (After the bombing of Monte Cassino)

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23-02-2007, 03:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
Harry Ree Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 563	One of the best shots I saw was in a collection of a friend of mine who tooks the shots when he entered Paris after its fall in August 1944.He was in the RAF in what was to come the 2nd Tactical Air Force.They left Ipswich, I think it was on D Day +1 to land in the Normandy beachhead to construct and man landing strips. As I say he entered a free Paris and took a shot of Resistance propaganda which had been painted on a long wall.On it, in French was in large white lettering which translated to English as 'Germany like Carthage will fall' Quite inspiring to the Parisians and the forecasting of the oncoming doom of the Third Reich to the German occupiers. The shot may have appeared on the newsreels of the time but I cannot recollect seeing it.

06-04-2007, 02:53 PM	#3 (permalink)
Owen Top Moose Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Under the stairs Posts: 8,242	1940 Germans marching down the Champs Elysees towards the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. 1944 Liberation of Paris: In the shadow of the Arc de Triomphe, two soldiers of the 2nd French Armoured Division shoot at German snipers and pro-German French militia who were making an abortive attempt to free German prisoners. The latter lie dead on the Champs Elysees. An AFPU jeep displaying a large union flag drives down the Champs Elysees in Paris, 26 August 1944.

14-08-2007, 05:59 PM	#10 (permalink)
sapper WW2 Veteran Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,355	If any British were in Paris when it was liberated? they should not have been there. Paris was off limits to all British Troops. That some got there is beyond question, but not officially, the Liberation of Paris was to be reserved for the Americans and the French. NOt the British. We Liberated Brussels. The Paris show was reserved for the Yanks, and at the time caused not a little resentment. Sapper

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