Crusade in Europe Liberation of Paris (Season 1, Episode 16)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 20 min | Documentary, News, War

Crusade in Europe

Liberation of Paris (Season 1, Episode 16)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 20 min | Documentary, News, War

The German attack at Mortain is defeated with the help of Allied air power. The Allies cut off large German forces at the Falaise pocket. One hundred thousand Germans are captured. The Brittany Peninsula is cleared of the enemy. Paris' ...See moreThe German attack at Mortain is defeated with the help of Allied air power. The Allies cut off large German forces at the Falaise pocket. One hundred thousand Germans are captured. The Brittany Peninsula is cleared of the enemy. Paris' capture in 1940 is recalled as well as its occupation. The Resistance rises against the Germans as the Americans and Free French close in. LeClerc's 2nd French Armored Division enters on August 24th, 1944. The U.S. 4th Division joins them to help clear out the Germans on the 25th. A victory parade is held with De Gaulle in the lead. Written by Col_Hessler See less

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9 cast members

Name	Known for
Omar Bradley Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Black Listed (2003)
Charles de Gaulle Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Une mauvaise rencontre (1981)
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Journal de la résistance : la Libération de Paris (1944)
Dwight D. Eisenhower Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Nazi Concentration and Prison Camps (1945)
Maurice Joyce Dwight D. Eisenhower (voice) Dwight D. Eisenhower (voice) See fewer	Crusade in Europe (1949)
George S. Patton Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Nazi Concentration and Prison Camps (1945)
Westbrook Van Voorhis Narrator Narrator See fewer	Tembo (1952)
Dietrich von Choltitz Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Michael Wittmann Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer