Sujet

Liberation of Paris, 25 August 1944. Artist: Unknown

Légende

Liberation of Paris, 25 August 1944. A jeep of the French 12th Regiment of Cuirassiers (2nd Armoured Division) taking two German officers to surrender negotiations. Hitler had ordered that Paris be defended to the last man and destroyed before it fell into Allied hands, but the military governor of the city, General Dietrich von Choltitz, declined to carry out the order and surrendered to the French on 25 August.

Date

25 août 1944

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images

Notre référence

HRM19B96_157

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,0Mo (1,2Mo) / 43,6cm x 28,7cm / 5149 x 3393 (300dpi)

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