Burning down Paris! August 44 - WW2

August 1944. Hitler demands that Paris be wiped off the map. Out of rage, out of madness, to prevent the Allied advance, Parisian bridges and monuments must all be blown up. Why and how will General Dietricht von Choltitz, Governor of the capital, disobey his Fürher's orders and save Paris?

[hiramabiff]

The Paris police officers would have done anything to cover up their involvement in rounding up so many innocent people to be sent to the camps. As would France as a whole like you to forget that over 76% of France was Vichy governed and had completely capitulated and collaborated with Germany since 1940.

[capoislamort]

Paris was lucky to not have to suffer the fate of Berlin and Warsaw.

[TechToWatch]

Strange as it is to watch Paris be destroyed as it might have been, that is exactly what happend to numerous other cities where the Nazis had invaded, before and while they retreated or were destoyed in battle. In an alternative timeline we would be looking at a hypothetical representation of the destruction of Warsaw, Stalingrad, Dresden that might have happened, to name 3 cities we do recall were destroyed. There is so much of the Europe of 1939 that has disappeared from cultural awareness, replaced with utilititarian building blocks and rerouted roads rebuilt for a new age. Also true after WW1 which devastated the regions of the battle in East and West but which were minor compared to the eradication of so much architecture and cultural legacy and the incomprehensible human cost of WW2.

[downunderrob]

Whoever did the subtitles needs to be retrained. Since when does Von Choltitz translate to Von Schultz?

[MrBula]

Paryż to jeszcze był piękny za Luisa de Finesa...a teraz gangi rządzą miastem..muzułmanie w południe modlą się na środku ulicy..reszta się przygląda..nie jestem rasistą.. ale to tak jak świni założyć siodło i udawać że jadę rasowym rumakiem😅

[christophermorgan]

When I moved to Paris in 1988 there was still an older generation that seeing
I was an American came up to me just to shake my hand.

[susannek]

Der Brief bei 9.40 strotzt vor Rechtschreibfehlern 😂 Wolfsshantze, Reichskansler und die Grammatik...😅
Hätten sie lieber mal einen Deutschen schreiben lassen...

[monjettgraham]

What happened to the family of Von Choltitz?

[stephenmarcus]

I've always considered French Resistance an exaggeration to help distract from French fascism and antisemitism. If France was to be part of the West it's imagine had to be rehabilitated and a British propped up gov in exile helped so much.
France, nonetheless, happily turned on it's Jewish citizens

[johnadams]

The French people in Paris were no longer afraid of the German Garrison that was there to occupy their city. The French outnumbered them, but they were short on weapons and ammunition. The German General in command of Paris, von Choltitz, wanted to save the lives of his soldiers and did not intend to destroy Paris as Hitler had ordered. Von Choltitz negotiated with French General LeClerc to move on Paris and re-capture Paris so the German Garrison could surrender.

[cirka]

Did the swedish ambassador saved the German general afterward..

[fernandoreynaaguilar]

You would think that after 80 years of making nazi and WW2 related films, they would depict the uniforms and medals right. But nooo....

[JP]

Nice job, i saw the 1960 Movie "Is Paris Burning?" Combined with this documentary, it makes for a better understanding.

[forestturnings]

Very very well done. Thank you for educating me about this little known but greatly important morsel of history.

[williammount]

Can we now liberate it from Lucifer? Ambassador Mount

[Benetkabcnd]

At 20:34 he has rank of Obersturmbannführer - Standartenführer has single leaf on each collar. Just saying

[Oliver-rwos]

Danke für den Beitrag.

Nur eine Sache. Ich war übers Wochenende mit meiner Freundin in Paris.

Klar ist schon Toll.

Aber die Stadt ist so verdreckt. So was habe ich nicht erwartet. Überall Müll, Gestank und völlig überteuert.

Trotzdem Spaß gehabt.

Aber die schönste Stadt ist es wirklich nicht.

[hugosbalder]

Die Rolle von Choltitz in Rotterdam und Sewastopol wird hier lächerlich verzerrt. Er war weder in Rotterdam für den Bombenabwurf verantwortlich noch hatte er auf der Krim irgendetwas mit den strategischen oder taktischen Entscheidungenh zu

[thefreestylefrEaK]

Is Paris still a part of France or the Middle East these days?

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