The Liberation of Paris (August 1944)

[@nunyabiznez6381]

My grandfather's brother entered Paris on the 2nd day of the liberation and described being overwhelmed by hundreds of Parisian girls, many of whom were teenagers, all trying to kiss him, offer him gifts and many offering to marry him. One particularly young girl my uncle believed to be 13 or 14 thanked him, threw her arms around him and invited him to her house for dinner. He said he was under the impression she intended more than dinner. He declined the offer and handed her a candy bar. He was a married man. He was an officer and had to warn his men not to take advantage of the women of Paris as they were extremely vulnerable emotionally. You can see some of that in these films.

[@noway57]

He should of been busting with no rubbers.

[@dougmoore5252]

He was a honorary man.

[@moow950]

A lot of allied soldiers didn’t listen and had sex with these young girls, since 9 months later a lot of babies were born (the Baby boom generation, now all in their 70s)

[@haldarvivek]

@@dougmoore5252 I think you meant Honorable :)

[@AManOfFocusCommitmentSheerWill]

@@gard7662 With all due respect, if you've never been near a war, I suggest you show a little humility and not presume a soldier’s demeanor.

[@loveaodai100]

This is great stuff. My father was born in Paris in 1923 and taken to America by his parents (my grandparents) when about 6 years old. He would later join the Army Airforce and wound up in Stalag Luft IV then later to Stalag XI-B till liberated by British forces on April 18, 1945. My first of many trips to Paris was in 1970 with my father who brought me around to the relatives. I cherish the memories. I am now 68 having now lived more than half my life in Saigon where I remain by choice. That’s another story. Thank you again.

[@الحارثالحارث-ع3ذ]

قصتك رائعة 👍

[@erin19030]

I was one year old!

[@erin19030]

Duh ya tinks cigarettes won the war?

[@jrt818]

Did you mean, Ho Chi Minh City? 🙂

[@LInkinPark4life]

​@@jrt818 Saigon

[@AlshainFR]

2:45 the woman here, Simone Ségouin became a nurse after the war and refused to the Légion d'honneur, which is the highest French civilian and military award. She finally accepted it in 2021 and died on February 21 2023, at the age of 97.

[@pauld.9856]

Even today she would be a sexy security lady. 🙂 I have not seen such denim skirts on comparable shots.

[@imeanithonest5704]

Why? Do you know why she refused it for 75 years?

[@ddddenn5856]

Yes, you're right, it's her! Fantastic! She's 19 here

[@timp.6127]

Wow, she was as beautiful as a movie star!

[@KRISTOFOL1]

Sa jupe est incroyable, extrémement courte pour cette époque ! Les mini-jupes de cette sorte ne commencérent à être portée en France que 22 ans plus tard . Toutes les autres femmes dans ce documentaire portent des jupes et robes qui tombent en dessous des genoux. Sacrée femme ! Grand respect !

[@paulmasterson386]

All this footage was taken using George Stevens own colour camera,though he often gave it to his sergeant whin he was busy with the official BW filming. He went right through to Berlin and was responsible for the film of the liberation of Dachau. The colour film he took there was far more graphic than the official version as it was never censored, as it was never intended for public release. Some of his colour film was used in ‘the world at war’

[@abdul-kabiralegbe5660]

Just imagine if he hadn't been there. This wouldn't be existing. The difference one man can make.

[@jaminova_1969]

I have reviewed hundreds of hours of Fox Movietone and British Pathe newsreels and have never quiet seen anything as beautiful or authentic as this color film! My grandfather was a communications lineman with the 94th Infantry during the war and he said that going to Europe was the best time in his life.

[@paulmasterson386]

@james manos it is very old film and was stored for ages after the war. There are two different cuts of the D Day to Berlin footage, 60 minutes by the BBC and 40 minutes for USA. The BBC version is better if you can find it.

[@MarkHarrison733]

It was just a forced labour camp. The Allies also used slave labour.

[@RamonSuarez-wk4wc]

U. Gly girls😂😂😂🎉

[@dv84sure]

Excellent footage. Lots of people worldwide didn’t or don’t know how large and important the French resistance was to its liberation. More than 100,000. Most surprising to me is to see this rare color footage of Simone. No doubt there were thousands of very brave French women that have not gotten the recognition they very much deserved.

[@mihal4960]

Может надо вспомнить благодаря кому вы освободили свою страну, и где ваша благодарность

[@nzfreeski]

many do across the allies and Europe. maybe not many Americans

[@nzfreeski]

@@mihal4960 согласен, Россия сыграла огромную роль и заслуживает благодарности.

[@dansmith16]

All to throw it all away to Africans decades later.

[@ΠαυλοςΕξαρχος-γ3κ]

I don't think they were so few in the resistance. Our Greek resistance ( all together) had around 1 million men and women

[@yt4hd7jbfs-ykjsi]

Потрясающе качество съёмки для того времени, передаёт всю атмосферу происходящих событий!

[@ДмитрийБельский-с8ц]

Сожалею ,что Отец ,въезжавший на Катюшах в Берлин .Заслуженный Изобретатель СССР ,фанатично верный своему хобби Фотографии .Не видит этот Бесценный Материал.🌄🌅🌠🌌🔥🌀🌈‼

[@723adrenaline]

как же классно смотреть эти уникальные кадры, на то время которого мы никогда не увидим. всегда смотря такие старые видео вглядываясь в лица этих молодых и не очень людей голове крутится мысль, что они уже все по крайней мере 95% кроме детей давно мертвы и становится немного грустно.

[@veronicaochneva9464]

Вероятно, пленку реставрировали и использовали современные технологии для улучшения качества изображения.

[@yourmother2739]

@@veronicaochneva9464 I wish I understood your language.

[@user-Russkii-1]

Ленты восстановлены

[@blank557]

Great scenes. Though the occupying enemy, German General von Choltitz deserves credit from ignoring Hitler's order to blow up Paris into rubble when the Allies advanced.

[@christopherwelch136]

No he doesn’t. He deserved to be tried as a war criminal. Unfortunately he lived until 1966. At least he’s gone somewhere very dark.

[@blank557]

@@christopherwelch136 If he indeed participated the murders of Jewish civilians, I agree.

[@robertcottam8824]

@@WhiteAnims2 Well stop doing it then

[@islandzuk8531]

Give credit to America for rescuing the naxzi scientist

[@Мэри-й9ц]

Would be better for you to say thank you to USSR, RUSSIAN!

[@АлексейМамонтов-ж9г]

Чем больше времени проходит после этой ужасной войны, тем ценнее становится подобная хроника событий.

[@АсмудВаряжский]

Ты прав, слава великой Америке, что она победила Гитлера!!! И надеюсь победит нового Гитлера в России!

[@ЖУК-ф1ц]

@@АсмудВаряжский это когда это Америка победила? Что то я не одной росписи США не видел на Рейхстаги, токо Русскии там расписовались, ты бы хоть не позорился!

[@m1szt]

@@ЖУК-ф1ц а тебе бы не помешало нормально по-русски писать научиться и не позориться

[@ЖаннаШарапова-ц6к]

@@АсмудВаряжский господи, не позорьтесь своими "познаниями". Сказала б, что это смешно, но не к месту.

[@charlesmurphy3222]

Yes. Never again. As a Cold War veteran and one whom deployed for the United States during Operation Iraqi Freedom, that's what the people of America are. We are a people and a civilization that's truly never existed on this planet. I get that it's very complicated. Freedom while each part of the world retains it's sovereignty, it's history, it's customs and traditions. Never would a true American want to force feed anything on any civilization that doesn't want it. Never should the human race go without food, clothing and shelter in any part of the world. It's just different how we want to achieve these goals. Yet not that different. ❤️

[@francescahamilton6856]

Absolutely wonderful. Quite original, showing scenes never filmed before and in colour. Excellent and thanku for this.

[@MM-vv8mt]

Perhaps my most cherished photograph is one taken that very day of my mother's U.S. Women's Army Corps company marching in formation down the Champs Elysees under the Arc de Triomphe with her looking fierce in her Class A uniform in the front row (she was tall and looked just like Maureen O'Hara). She told me there were still Nazi and collaborationist snipers shooting at people, and that Army snipers were atop the Arc to provide security. Paris was still not completely secured when this parade happened and there were still running gun battles going on in Paris away from the Champs. A month later, she would meet my father, an Army ordinance officer attached to the same headquarters company as she, and 15 months later they were married and then went on to raise 8 kids together. Three of their sons would serve in the U.S. Army and Navy during the Vietnam War and all three eventually were rated 100% disabled due to their wounds and injuries suffered during the war. Proud of them? Damn straight I am! Viva Liberation! Viva la France! Viva la America!

[@xanbex8324]

Well in Vietnam you killed 3 to 5 million are you proud of that as well? Just curious!

[@lilliansteele7165]

Your mom sounds wonderful. Would have loved to have met her.

[@thierrymilan2039]

Great family history !

[@briangraham1024]

👍👍👍 🇨🇦💕🇺🇸

[@Dee-yc9ck]

There was a book about army deserters in black market In france and criminal violence it took years to clean up

[@josephstabile9154]

Thanx so much for the magnificent footage. When one watches this, the liberation is relived in a way no other medium quite conveys!

[@BPMcrea]

According to my aunt, who was there as a war correspondent (Detroit Free Press), it was exactly as you've described, liberation and one heck of a party.

[@rjjcms1]

Tremendous footage. Fascinating to watch.

[@r.k3261]

My great grandfather was there in this war he was in Sikh regiment of British India army, his regiment was in France unfortunately only few men survived and reached Paris he was one of them

[@mulkanmulkan5620]

Great ... serve for liberty ... while india under brits occcupation... 😆

[@taxsi]

@@mulkanmulkan5620 😁

[@user-ei3dq2dw6i]

@@mulkanmulkan5620 then good job the British was there or might had the Japanese army with you

[@lloydnaylor6113]

@@mulkanmulkan5620 just three years later they had their independence or would you preferred Japanese occupation.

[@karl-p.schlor9022]

Well, I guess the British Army used their colonial soldiers preferly the well known brave shiks as a storm troop for first attacks and thats why you lost so many of your comrades! As well as the storm in march 1944 to the hight of Monte Casino in Italy which was also perse cuted by Indish and Polish soldiers

[@motherdear3733]

My father was a medic in Europe in 44 and 45. I can't watch this without missing him. A brave, gentle man who saved lives and who himself was wounded twice. We will never see their like again.

[@juanmanuelgomezpiriz1518]

Nunca digas nunca jamás ❤

[@amys2650]

Thank you for this footage. My grandfather was in the 82nd Airborne 1943-1947. He was injured twice but came home with a German pistol. I was so young when he passed away that I never got to talk to him about his experiences over there. I have multiple family members that have fought in every war back to the Norman conquest (I’ve been doing my ancestry) anyway this is a huge insight into what he saw overseas. Thank you again

[@paulchsney5994]

Had you been able to speak to him about the war, you may have found like a lot of us did, dad’s didn’t like to take about it. In a lot of cases their experiences were to raw to talk about….

[@amitavapal8888]

I personally know one Mr Alfred Burgreen who served in the 82nd Airborne Division during the WWII taking part in the liberation of Europe. At 103, he is the oldest surviving member of the 82nd Airborne Division, and lives in New York

[@drpoundsign]

My Late Dad fought in Italy, and was a Translator at the Nuremberg Trials. (his family emigrated from Germany, here to the States, in the nick of Time, back in '39.) As Jews, we lost a LOT of people in the Camps. Some from Germany-and, they had Time to get out, but Most from my Mother's side, in then-Eastern Hungary. The Nazis overran the latter country in 1944, and the Jews were deported to the Death Camps in Poland..

[@jean-marienormand5441]

Super documents sur cette page d'histoire de la libération de Paris...bravo et merci aux caméramen de l'armée qui ont fixé pour toujours cette page de l'histoire de France.

[@shavkatturdiqulov3832]

ОЧЕНЬ КАЧЕСТВЕННЫЕ СЪЁМКИ. СПАСИБО. МОЙ ДЯДЯ ПРОШЁЛ БОЕВОЙ ПУТЬ ОТ СТАЛИНГРАДА , ДО БЕРЛИНА.ФРАНЦИЮ ОСВОБОДТЛИ СОЮЗНИКИ, НО В ЭТОМ ЕСТЬ ОГРОМНЕЙШЫЙ ВКЛАД СОВЕТСКОГО СОЛДАТА.ВЕЧНАЯ ПАМЯТЬ ПОГИБШИМ КРАСНОАРМЕЙЦАМ И СОЛДАТАМ СОЮЗНИКОВ.

[@Олег-й2э8т]

рашист, вашу чекістську клоаку чекає те саме, що й гітлерівську Германію

[@Sunmoon-gj9gy]

I'm proud to say my late father Benedict Tusa in the Army's Timberwolf 104th Infantry Division was there 🇺🇸

[@ТамараЛяшенко-т8о]

Хоть мельком, но увидела наш Советский флаг! Я горжусь нашим народом и солдатами, которые освобождали территории от фашизма!

[@louisguerin8513]

Да, друг мой, ты можешь гордиться своей страной. Да здравствует Россия.

[@paruhblgen4222]

Я тоже горжусь победой СССР, но восхищаюсь тем, как хитлер уделал французов - отыскать старый вагон, в котором немцы сдавались, и в нем же заставить сдаться

[@lottonakamoto295]

сейчас в Россия фашизм победил

[@martineflament4735]

Je suis 👌 avec vous. Les russes ont fait beaucoup, autant que les américains. En France 🇫🇷, vous avez notre respect. Les français n'ont pas tous la mémoire courte. Grand respect aux gens courageux de votre pays. La guerre est toujours une sale chose.

[@mikman7219]

А надо было не "освобождать" кого-то от мифического фашизма, а брать территории и страны под контроль, чтоб они, очухавшись, не пошли новой войной на Россию. Сизифов труд "освобождать" кого-то.

[@MegaPpjj]

I got goosebumps watching this, the music matches perfectly. Thank you for making time travel possible!

[@J2onton]

Thank you for uploading this video. My father was a British D Day veteran who helped to liberate France.

[@francoiscassez8723]

Thanks to your father and your family. Lot of soldiers had helped to liberate France, my country. We are very thankful for what they had done for us to be free again. German occupation had been so horrible for us during 4 years. No more wars.

[@J2onton]

@@francoiscassez8723 Thank you for your kind comment. I have provided more information, which I have just uploaded to this video.

[@Sanchesantho]

Thank to your father, from France. But your grand grand.... grandfather did not do anothing for helping Joan of Arc...😂 I'm jocking of course. Even if Napoleon would flip inside his tomb with what i will say, but i'm very happy and proud to call UK an ally.

[@J2onton]

@@Sanchesantho Thanks for your kind and amusing words.

[@yourmother2739]

@@francoiscassez8723 We are glad that our people helped you to be free.

[@andrewgarai4000]

My grandmother was in Paris for the liberation. She, her brother, and sister survived. The rest of her family was gone forever. She was a teenager at the time. I’m sure it was one of the greatest days of her life. ❤

[@heinzfissimatent4294]

she survived. from what? and here family is gone? wy?

[@andrewgarai4000]

@@heinzfissimatent4294 reported for harassment

[@haricot929]

@@heinzfissimatent4294 what did you say ? ..

[@taxsi]

@@andrewgarai4000 except jewish people sent to extermination camps, civillian casualties in France, especially in Paris, during occupation were minimal in comparison to other countries like poland, ussr or germany itself (according to my wikipedia level interest and sources about wwii). So I was also curious how were so many seemingly civilian and some female members lost from the same family during the war? Under what circumstances? If had the chance to talk to @andrewgarai, I would like to learn more about the tragedy. I don't know and am not sure about the intentions of @heinzfissmatent.., I am writing on my behalf having the same questions.

[@ГансПунаньес]

The Parisians also welcomed the Germans enthusiastically in 1940.

[@Senaleb]

It was a fantastic idea to have the French battalions enter Paris first. That must have been a very emotional moment for the parisians. Oh and omg seeing the US army marching @14:30 gives me goosebumps. This whole video is amazing

[@bonjourtoi3894]

Mise au point. Les Américains ne voulaient rien savoir de De Gaulle. Ce fut une négociation afin de faire entrer les Français en premier. Tout simplement parce que les Américains voulaient prendre le contrôle de la France qui se voyait incapable de se gérer et surtout de former un gouvernement stable. Faut-il également préciser que jusqu'au début des années 1970, ce fut très pénible pour la France. La période de l'après-guerre a été très difficile.

[@Anton-kp3mi]

Actually the Allies had planned to bypass Paris because they wanted to save their strength and avoid to provide food for the Parisian population. It was De Gaulle who took the decision to send the 2nd french armored division to liberate the city, and he did so against the will of the Allied High Command. Leclerc even had to steal some fuel in the allies stocks because they would not have consent to give him sufficient resources to undertake his breakthrough to Paris.

[@bonjourtoi3894]

@@Anton-kp3mi Faux. C'est suite aux pressions des anglais à la demande des Français que De Gaulle entra en premier. Les Français favorable à De Gaulle plus qu'aux Américains.

[@Anton-kp3mi]

​@@bonjourtoi3894 Je peux convenir qu'Eseinhower, pour donner son accord, était probablement plus convaincu par les Britanniques que par les Français qui avaient tendance à être peu considérés, mais les Français n'ont pas attendu Eisenhower pour se lancer sur la capitale. De Gaulle était déterminés à libérer Paris avec ou sans l'accord des alliés, et il avait ordonner à Leclerc de marcher sur Paris dès que possible. C'est pourquoi Leclerc avait commencé à se préparer à l'avance, notamment, comme je l'ai dit, en récupérant du carburant dans les stocks alliés. Quand Eisenhower donna enfin son consentement, Leclerc avait en fait déjà lancé sa percée sur 200 km à travers les lignes ennemies et sans soutien aérien allié.

[@matthewhall1540]

Yes it's terrific 👍

[@vuemusicale]

Images exceptionnelles. Bravo pour cette vidéo👏🏼 Mon père suisse, qui était organiste suppléant à Ste-Clotilde pendant l’occupation, me disait que ces jours de libération furent parmi les plus beaux moments de sa vie. Il y avait tellement une ambiance de liesse détendue, comme on le voit par exemple depuis 10’01".

[@BrunoPepGenesio]

osef

[@benitosevillanomacho8339]

Franceses: ver Lacombe Lucien, de Louis Malle. Mientras media Francia colaboraba con los nazis, De Gaulle, el maquis y los republicanos españoles les combatían. Petain.. que?

[@benyaminekalerman9692]

Ça prouve que les Allemands étaient cléments envers les Français, et que la résistance française souvent de dernière heure n'était pas si intense, si vous voulez vérifier si l'ambiance il faut aller voir les vraies libérations du côté de la Russie , Pologne , Vietnam , Algérie qui n'ont compté que que eux même , sans attendre que les Anglais et Américains pour ensuite faire semblant de resister.

[@zia4550]

Video has so many white white French. How French from white blonde turned black hair dark skin

[@Rick-cg5rj]

@@zia4550 Los franceses morenos son inmigrantes arabes de Argelia y africanos negros

[@kathy.7475]

What a glorious day that must have been. I was born eight years later. My uncle stayed in Paris after the war ended, instead of coming home, to help them rebuild.

[@BPMcrea]

This is a marvelous film!! Watching it for them third time, after having first discovered it today. Each time I find new things I can identify, like the Hotel Scribe. The Scribe was the haunt of the war correspondents, one of whom was my aunt (Detroit Free Press). It's a thrill to see the Liberation of Paris, in color, so real. The film has many little things that she mentioned, before her death in 1990, like the MANY bottles of wine and champagne the jeeps collected, the bouquets of flowers, all the French girls kissing every GI available. I have a great old press photo of her, in uniform, somewhere in downtown Paris being kissed enthusiastically by a fellow US war correspondent. A second US photographer buddy took the photo, reportedly after she complained that she wasn't getting any hugs from grateful Frenchmen. She was one of only 113 American women journalists who succeeded in getting accredidation from SHAEF as war correspondents. All told, the story of these women pioneers is a fascinating tale of determination, skill, and bravery, and until lately, totally ignored.

[@gintnerserg]

французские девушки точно также целовали германских офицеров в 1939 году...

[@klausrain111]

This is fascinating and so well done. Used to seeing this type of film in B&W.

[@muzeoli2868]

These are true color images, not colorized films.

[@klausrain111]

@@muzeoli2868 Ok, that's nice. Thanks for telling me that. In my comment, I was saying it's usually B&W that I've seen.

[@elescritorsecreto]

Fun fact: all of the D Day invasion was shot on color film for archival purposes. But they were PRINTED on B&W for news reels (cheaper) and the documentary footage we have seen has all been copies of copies of copies of the B&W news reel footage. The Normandy landings were all shot in color but now those original films are lost in an archive somewhere, possibly destroyed.

[@alkante2962]

@@elescritorsecreto Who are you calling it the d day invasion ? In France as in many countries under german boots for so many awful years, in French, It is considered as the d day Liberation, where some french soldiers plus the Résistance mouvement took a part in.

[@Maxsilver123]

@@alkante2962 😡

[@steinrich56]

Thanks for the upload........truly a stunning video.

[@viggo1115]

Merci beaucoup pour cette super vidéo! 👍

[@LeveretteJamesClifford1955]

It is really interesting to see this in color, there is a current day feel to it rather than the black and white film that shows everything as though it is not real, but only because we are used to seeing everything in color, forgetting or never learning that black and white used to have a shock and or art to it. Also, the impact of the color is interesting because of how well your channel, at least on this, my first exposure to your channel, is organized. Reaching out to viewers to help identify areas and people, makes me feel invited to participate. Great work, Y'all!

[@kerman_gard]

We had a story in literature book of high school in Iran about this period of time in France. It was ' The last lesson ' by Alphonse Daudet, I literally cried at the end of it. It was so touching. We all had sadness in that time :((

[@pritamlaskar]

We had that story in India too

[@marka.graffakasnakebitenat3736]

The kicker is Iran had a dictator just as bad as Hitler. Komeni

[@gauravkumaryadav1802]

@@pritamlaskar yeah the teacher writes on the blackboard " vive la France" in the end... which translates to" long live France"...

[@Sanchesantho]

Sorry but "The last lesson" is not the same period, he was talking about 1871. A war again France and Prussia. However very gad to read your comment as a french guy. I was in french airborne and we sing a song about this periode : " La strasbourgeoise ". Very sad and proud song.

[@vitalino1981]

I miss Iran in the 70th, before Khomeini. It was so progressive and promising.

[@DarkFalconAnimations]

My great-grandfather fought with the British Army in the liberation of Paris in August 1944. He was also one of the first Allied soldiers to enter the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in northern Germany in April 1945 as well.

[@ТАТЬЯНАКолесникова-г8в]

И долго сражался,немцы сдавались союзникам без боя

[@JCL1970]

I could never imagine the feeling of the Parisians seeing the allied troops entering the city knowing that their terror was over.

[@timp.6127]

yeah, there was humiliation for sure, but not much terror in Paris to be fair.

[@phlm9038]

@@timp.6127 What about the Jews of Paris or the resistance fighters, plus the hostages taken in retaliation to resistance activities ?

[@Trajan2401]

What about the Jews who were liberated they lived a real nightmare.

[@tellodoroteo2543]

Paris was chill.

[@robertbradbury7921]

@@phlm9038 so the jews were liberated then, not so much the French it seems. They were OK. So really , France was not liberated just the jews living in France, same with the rest of Europe

[@jacquelinedesanctis7082]

When you think of the millions who lost their lives against an Evil Empire, and now we are facing the same horrors, but much more subtle. The Evil has not gone, it has expanded.

[@thierrymilan2039]

That is sadly mathematic...

[@GeorgeAlexopoulos-o7w]

YES, the "EVIL" has EXPANDED (to USE your OWN words!!) BUT WHO is the "EVIL" now"??

[@ReneCordova-xz5nc]

​@@GeorgeAlexopoulos-o7w...the evil ones are all around the world! Mostly the people who are in banking and large businesses. Oh, and a lot of leaders of many countries.

[@thomasfreeman4397]

Thanks!

[@timothysdog6130]

This is excellent footage

[@RaulRodriguezasteroides]

Que gran registro....General Leclerc, General De Gaulle, General Bradley. Histórico. Espectacular!!

[@alainschmid3951]

De Gaule, le dėgonflė... Il ėtait plus connu pour être animateur radio dans son bunker qu un soldat..

[@lo_qc]

@@alainschmid3951 tu connais bien mal l'histoire ...

[@rafaelibanez991]

En la " liberación de Paris" se ven más soldados alemanes que franceses. El general De Gaulle con impecable uniforme, ningún rastro de haber combatido. Quién liberó Paris realmente , los rangers americanos y De Gaulle se quedó esperando afuera ?

[@juancarlosperez5045]

@@rafaelibanez991 No te olvides de los republicanos españoles de la Nueve

[@rafaelcasadoinfante4324]

@@juancarlosperez5045osea grandes olvidados, los maltratados por Francia fueron los que liberaron París, los gloriosos Reublicanos español es

[@perignampua]

For those who still underestimate De Gaulle. Sir Winston Churchill about him: "I have never forgotten, and can never forget, that he [de Gaulle] stood forth as the first eminent Frenchman to face the common foe in what seemed to be the hour of ruin of his country and possibly, of ours."

[@RootlessNZ]

Historic film, truly amazing to see Paris seemingly untouched by warfare. I was born in1946 in Mile End, in London's East End. My playgrounds were bombed houses and factories.

[@Winchester001]

That's because the French made it an open city for the Germans to enter. Thus they didn't destroy it.

[@phlm9038]

But believe me, all the towns of northern France have been bombed to the ground during the German invasion.

[@EllieMaes-Grandad]

@@Winchester001 London, on the other hand, fought the aggressor . . .

[@ИванВершинин-ф3ш]

@@EllieMaes-Grandad Да, сэр Черчилль не желал быть с Гитлером в одной лодке. А вот члены королевской семьи были готовы.

[@EllieMaes-Grandad]

@@ИванВершинин-ф3ш On an English-language website, that's simply offensive. Try again?

[@jamisdelsol5761]

c' est la 1ere fois que je visionne ces images en principe ce sont toujours les mêmes videos qui sont ressassées non stop merci

[@НастяКлименко-с9о]

Особенно музыка... Подобрана со вкусом к ситуациям на кадрах.... Благодарю за информацию и работу.

[@ustoopia]

I don't care much for the music sounds as they feel like doomsday is around the corner, but these video's are absolutely awesome! Color does help a lot to bring these times over to current times. Makes it more relatable, asif you can almost touch 1945. Anyways, thanks for making and uploading this.

[@eduardoprincipal393]

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[@tripperdelaluna1]

@@darthslackus499 It could be fitting in a way - keep in mind I am a proud and patriotic American - but it was in many ways the beginning of the massive war machine that is the US.

[@jrt818]

The reminds me that almost all of these people, even children, have now past away and death comes for us all.

[@rexrabbiteer]

That’s not true, there are people much older still alive now.

[@Inamorata.367]

This is amazing to watch,the true appreciation from the French people.These films need to be a required watch for all students in this country.I am a baby boomer and the younger generations don't know the true history of our great country. I can truly appreciate the sacrifices that these men/women made.

[@rastafarilion441]

Go cry somewhere else, boomer

[@jjns5600]

I'm a 'baby-boomer' from the States, and I just returned from Paris this past Sunday evening, after being there a week, including Bastille Day. You're absolutely correct, the interest in Paris, as a world landmark, among the young, is to say that they've been there, while enjoying the luxuries (of fantasizing about it), and superimposing their little egos in 'selfies', amid the aesthetics. I'm thankful that I know about the sacrifices of the French peoples during such an arduous period in not only their history, but that of Europe's. These were indeed trying times for too many!

[@jjns5600]

By the way, it was hot as hell!

[@QED_]

@@jjns5600 You're overstating the case . . .

[@QueenBee-gx4rp]

Imagine being in one of those Jeeps that day! It must have been thrilling! Great to watch!

[@ninirema4532]

धेरै धेरै राम्रो छ शुभकामना छ

[@marie-andredesmurs5293]

Merci pour ces images sur la libération bravo je pense à mon père qui était dans le maquis avec ces compagnons qui ce sont battus pour notre liberté 🌹♥️🌈🇨🇵😔💫

[@joelonzello4189]

My Grandfather ( U.S. Navy ) delivered Troops to Normandy. His Ship was hit by Artillery Fire when Tide went out.

[@alfonsolanzagorta5138]

The first company to enter París was "La Nueve" under General's LeClerc comand and composed by Republican spaniards who decided to fight for France after losing the Spanish Civil War. Many halftracks were named after that war's battles, such as Belchite and Teruel. They were recognized by a París Major who was grand daughter of one of those soldiers almost 60 years after this. They expected the allies to support them in overthrow General Francisco Franco's fascist regime. It never happened.

[@AlfonsoPosada]

Stalin, yes, Stalin lost the Spanish civil war. La "Nueve" risked their miserable lives because they were in concentration camps of Southern France. General Franco did not really win our civil war. It was the army of the Popular Front, killing each other, the ones who lost it. Eisenhower visited Franco in 1956, after the death of Stalin, the genocidal ruler.

[@alfonsolanzagorta5138]

@@AlfonsoPosada Indeed. Like Unamuno said: "Los hunos y los hotros". Two hordes of insane fanatics take Spain to ruin. That's for sure, guided by Hitler and that homicidal russian guy.

[@TheSombraD2]

@@AlfonsoPosada Pedro Sánchez 2023, ve haciendo el cuerpo 😁

[@ExRhodesian]

I bet some of them were special Spaniards those who are at home everywhere and nowhere you know the ones.

[@hectorbalmaseda7690]

es bonito lo de la grand daughter pero no es cierto. su familia vive aquí al lado y los conoce todo el mundo : fueron a Paris a trabajar , no de exiliados.

[@Filmdart2012]

A rare footage on the liberation of Paris. A rare scope to see the Great Charles De Gaulle in motion . Many thanks for the upload.

[@crotsvt4065]

К сожалению Саркози очень далеко до великого Деголя

[@rogerbeck1293]

After the American and British troops liberated Paris they had to wait until De Gaulle was brought from his safe haven in England so that he could enter the city as the 'Liberator'

[@williamcurtin5692]

@@rogerbeck1293 LeClerc was British?

[@rogerbeck1293]

What was great about de gaul? No combat experience to speak of. He jid in London during the war and was taken to Paris in August 1944 as its 'Liberator'. British and Allied troops had spent 3 bloody months fighting up from the Normandy beaches before de gaul thought it was safe enough for him to step foot in france

[@rogerbeck1293]

@@williamcurtin5692No le clerc was french. He arrived in London as a captain and was made a general the following year! He was sent to rally free French elementa in French Equitorial africa before joining tbe British forces in Libya. He was given command of ff troops and equiped as the 2nd armoured brigade. He met up with British and Allied forces outside Paris in August 1944 and waited for de gaul to be brought from his safe haven in London so that he could enter Paris as its 'Liberator'

[@appytight8468]

Amazing footage. Is that Hemingway at 6:39?

[@fireabend_1226]

Very good video with a great cut. Great colors and authenticity.

[@roisanglier34]

Un grand merci pour cette vidéo et pour ces braves

[@heidiwilks5316]

I'm imagining the tank drivers that just the day before would've been involved in battle, and on Aug. 26 their biggest challenge was to make sure their Shermans were properly lined up and being careful not to jut out ahead in parade formation -- then on Aug. 27 back into combat :P

[@giyinikvatandas]

14:40 Behind the generals "Luxor Obelisk" partially visible.

[@kobe51]

Good catch 👍

[@Boomhauersdad]

Thank you for this footage

[@angeld6359]

Que gozada de reportaje , es como viajar en el tiempo que buen trabajo, gracias por crear semejante obra.

[@danstoye3902]

Extraordinary footage! Bravo!

[@andreysalienko8762]

Отличное видео. У меня дедушка по линии мамы дошел до Берлина и вернулся с наградами, а дедушка по линии папы погиб в эшелоне на который сбросил бомбы юнкерс и из 600 человек в живых осталось два десятка. А все погибших в этом эшелоне, чтобы не платить деньги родственникам, посчитали как пропашие без вести, бабушка никаких денег не получала и после войны умерла от голода и мой папа с сестрой попали в детский дом, где постоянно голодали. Папа рассказал, что пераый раз в жизни он наелся еды когда призвали в армию, в 18 лет. Голодное детство сказалось на здоровье и папа с сестрой прожили недолго. А дядя моей мамы стал героем советского союза, но пропал без вести в феврале-марте 1945 года на Одере.

[@Nuuuova]

имея такой опыт, когда в 1939 году вы и нацисты вторглись в часть европы - почему вы делаете то же самое сейчас? Почему Россия снова вторгается в другие страны? Украина? Веками русские не приносили миру ничего, кроме разрушения, пепла, голода и смерти. Ты не несешь ничего хорошего в этот мир.

[@andreysalienko8762]

@@Nuuuova Просто кретин, в бан.

[@igorvkalinin]

"А все погибших в этом эшелоне, чтобы не платить деньги родственникам, посчитали как пропашие без вести, бабушка никаких денег не получала". Новое зачастую хорошо забытое старое. Оказывается, на России это давно придумали.

[@andreysalienko8762]

@@igorvkalinin Да, это было жестокое военное время, что на Украине, в Беларуси или России, это было при Сталине, а кто он был такой, можете узнать в Википедии. Я не знаю, любите ли вы читать, но про это время есть много книг, если хотите, я вам подскажу какие прочитать.

[@igorvkalinin]

@@andreysalienko8762 Кто такой Сталин, в Украине прекрасно знают и без Википедий... Как не знать палача, который целенаправленно и сознательно уничтожил миллионы украинцев. С кем ни поговоришь, обязательно есть бабушки или дедушки, пережившие Голодомор, но сколько людей его не пережили....

[@talvisotavbg5875]

Спасибо за видео, очень интересно смотреть

[@HONORTONUMERIC123]

Yeah.... Well said.... Agreed.... Copy that.....time was spent where this world has taken to the modern world after those brutal and bloody wars in those countries...... That's very insane to recall and see these kind of videos.......

[@talvisotavbg5875]

@@HONORTONUMERIC123 Фашизм - это самое страшное что видела земля, мы не допустим появления фашизма снова

[@Ono_Rourke]

@@talvisotavbg5875 тогда начните уничтожать путинский фашистский режим в россии

[@alexanderjung7361]

@@talvisotavbg5875 ты имел ввиду левацкий коммунизм.

[@vikfish5374]

@@ottolichtenberger.7082 🤦‍♂️

[@antoniodelrio1292]

Just finished the book "Is Paris Burning?" tonight. This video is absolutely stunning to me!!! So real seeing these people that lived it. Great book if you haven't read it.

[@jeffbriggs4268]

This video has more appropriate music than some others. Great content! Thanks!

[@mukhtarovsergey]

The Germans had a strong butthurt from the fact that the Allies included France among the signatories of the act of unconditional surrender of Germany, which is why Keitel then pathetically exclaimed: "How?! Did these guys defeat us too?"

[@kitnascimento0]

Yes because France did nothing. While watching this all i see is that De Gaulle and Leclerc were more interested in appearances than substance. France never resisted to any occupation only in their dreams. If the Iraqis and afghans did the the same they would still have foreign troops on their country while waiting for the "allies" to save them. Germany did so many fuck ups that you have to wonder if they were not trying to lose, it´s one after the other: opening multiple fronts, doing landings on remote places for questionable reasons and losing thousands on the process, letting all the British and french army escape from dunkik in the hope they be nice to Germany and sign a peace deal, fighting in north africa for god knows what, invading Rússia in the winter, sending bombers over England with no endgame in sight, picking screw ups like italy and wackos like japan as allies and because of them declaring war on the US, refusing to correct course when was obvious they were headed in the wrong direction, arresting the best generals for stupid reasons, and on and on.

[@lilliansteele7165]

It's called hard work and prayer. As the late heavy-weight boxer Sgt. Joe Louis said "We will because we are on God's Side" and we did.

[@thierrymilan2039]

Finally, Keitel signed the German surrender. French had, like others allies, French territories in Germany and obtained a permanent membership at the Security Council of the United Nations. Some Germans militaries were oblivious and still arrogant at that time.

[@benjaminmoogk3531]

I didn’t know that there had been a sniper attack at the Hotel Scribe which is clearly shown here. Also the parade at the end took place the day after on 26 August.

[@terryhughes7349]

The people look so joyful. great video.

[@gijsvanharen781]

Love this footage!

[@gurprasadsingh4792]

This was truly amazing day for So many People for Liberation overwhelming happiness Love the British Flag Love the American Flag Love the Canadian Flag Allies United This is the most beautiful Video I seen American Flsg

[@felixthecat3n2]

What an excellent collection of footage. But despite the victory, I am left with an overwhelming sense of sadness at the loss of so many lives, the enormous misery and waste of this terrible war.. and as I write this, new horrors are unfolding in Ukraine and in other parts of the world.. I wonder if it will ever change?

[@felixthecat3n2]

@Julz You think the war in Ukraine is faked?

[@nonconsensualopinion]

It has been changing and will continue to do so. There is significantly less conflict today than decades past. We as a world are being more connected via technology and I think that is leading to a more global sense of citizenship. It is not complete, and we still have conflict over differences. The presence of war will always exist as far as I can see. So its existence should not be the measure of our success. We should focus on the progress we've made in the reduction of conflict. It can be hard to see it. Things move slowly and it is hard to compare the conflicts of the world 50 years ago to now because we often need proximity for accurate comparison. When we couple that with the fact that this wonderful connectivity enables us to see conflict at any place on the planet, we're sure to get a mistaken perspective that no progress has been made.

[@thierrymilan2039]

@@nonconsensualopinion Interesting you're believing in the actual world.

[@thierrymilan2039]

Human civilisation in our days from a basic animal world view is a non sense.

[@ellebelle8515]

Thank you for expressing what many of us must be feeling as we watch this footage.

[@intentotomarmeloenserio2010]

Fué la novena quien libero París,integrada mayoritariamente por españoles, la rendicion de la ciudad se hizo oficial al tomar el ayuntamiento y fué ante un oficial español.

[@alainderien5156]

Mon grand père était espagnol il s est battu contre franco et après avec la France fait prisonniers 5 ans et perdu une jambe je suis fier de lui et de tout les autres qu ils rip ils l ont bien mérité malheureusement je ne parle pas l espagnol

[@Key-yp4hj]

🤔At 5:30 mark, why did that American soldier bash that seated passenger on the head with his helmet? Seems like an unprovoked attack imo, but maybe I’m missing something? Is that man’s identity/name in the passenger seat known/famous?

[@anknoth1]

Yes indeed, not a fair treatment by the American soldier. Incorrect behaviour

[@jayduke8554]

Thank you for this

[@frederickvanbanhoc3738]

La Couleur change tout ! Ces gens paraissent si proches ! J'ai du croiser certains d'entre eux dans les années Soixante en Région Parisienne ! On ressent la présence de la Liberté qui accompagne ces Soldats , Français , Anglais , Canadiens et Américains !

[@juancarlosperez5045]

N'oubliez les répulicains espagnols de la Nueve du capitaine Drone qui furent les premiers à entrer dans Paris.

[@thierrymilan2039]

@@juancarlosperez5045 Viva Espana !

[@benitosevillanomacho8339]

Gloria a Le Clerc, s Drome y a los Republicanos Españoles de la Novena. Granell y compañía llevaban los tanques...Guadajara, Teruel, etc

[@camilobecerra4300]

Fue el día más feliz en mi juventud y conocí el amor la cual fue mi esposa viva la libertad

[@andreapizzi]

how old are you?

[@alvashoemaker8536]

Imagine the EMOTIONS….THIS film’s FANTASTIC…!! (I’m a HISTORY NERD…this type of “information” is…untouchably PERFECT!! AGAIN, THANK YOU…). 👍🏼👍🏼👣

[@stewartwforbes]

That could have been yesterday . . . the colourisation is really effective. . . we’ve been lucky not to have had to endure a period quite like this. . . . ‘Courage Mes Braves’ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇫🇷

[@newton18311]

After De Gaul hid in London throughout the war, he demanded to be first to walk into Paris.

[@raybeaumont7670]

Should have told him to go fek his mother.

[@iseegoodandbad6758]

De gaulle was very tall. Especially surprising In an era where malnutrition was rife!!

[@mochiebellina8190]

Following his nose, he got where he goes.

[@allangibson8494]

@@iseegoodandbad6758 France is the breadbasket of Europe. Hunger was never a problem in France.

[@Senaleb]

@@allangibson8494 The germans were stealing the the French food. A lot of people in france were starving because of this

[@nibbler2x2]

Здорово что кто-то снимал, лучше один раз увидеть чем 100раз услышать.

[@sougatamukherjee5298]

What an excellent video !! Seems to be happening in front of me.. too good ! On a different note, Paris folks looked merry, didn't look like experienced a war, occupation by enemies, hunger etc unlike the pictures of a post war Berlin or a Moscow or even a UK.. seems Paris was always different from other cities 😀

[@Pete-rs4yz]

That's because Paris was never bombed. And German commanders ignored Hitler's orders to destroy it.

[@الحارثالحارث-ع3ذ]

@@Pete-rs4yz معلوماتك صحيحة 👍

[@thierrymilan2039]

@@Pete-rs4yz wrong, Paris was bombed, but not in the touristic usual parts every foreigner knows.

[@holstonusa]

Gen. Eisenhower did not want American troops tied down in taking Paris. The French troops, under DeGaulle and Leclerc led the attack, but the French wanted to discourage the remaining German resistance by showing the Americans were also in Paris. That was the reason for the 28th Inf. Division's famed march down the Champs-Elysees. The men were given fresh uniforms after being in combat for a month, but it was only field uniforms. Their weapons were combat loaded and they marched directly from Paris to their next battle. Many of the men seen in the parade pictures would soon die or be severely injured in the Battle of the Hurtgen Forest and in slowing down the Ardennes offensive enough to allow the 101st to get into Bastogne.

[@karl-p.schlor9022]

Betreuen august 25 at Paris and the battle of the bulge In end of december there is a time of 4 months difference!

[@LosPeregrinos51]

My dear friend Jack (Jacques) Gristi lived through the occupation in Paris. His father was Maltese and so was interned by the Germans as an Enemy Alien and deported to Germany as a slave labourer. He hated the French and said his neighbours treated his mother, sister and him like dirt right up until the 25th August 1944 when, all of a sudden, they became beloved allies! He always spoke disparagingly about the swollen numbers who made up what he referred to as "the Resistance of the 26th August" and couldn't wait to leave France once the war was over. Came to Britain, did his National Service in the army and went on to become a university lecturer but was plagued throughout his life by his French accent - EVERYBODY thought he was French! Now I don't know how I would have behaved if MY country was occupied by a foreign power for 4 years but he certainly wasn't impressed by the people of Paris.

[@alexpeters3548]

How sad to think, all these wonderful people are no more

[@francoisperne6824]

Some Children are still there ...

[@moma8223]

Vielen Dank. ⚘

[@johndaugherty7465]

Thankfully General Choltitz never carried out his orders to destroy Paris, that's him and General Leclerc at the 6:11 mark. Love the 'liberated' Schwimmwagen...

[@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606]

He lost faith in Hitler at this point, he said when he had last met him before taking post over Paris, Hitler had become psychotic and broken, his goal at that point was to just hold our long enough and hope for the arrival of the Ally powers to basically save himself and his men from the SS and the other Germans who were to make sure he followed out his order to destroy Paris, pretty much by the time he surrendered he was as much an enemy to Germany as the Allies were

[@damianvirajdealwis2937]

What a great generation. Almost all these people may have passed away by now. But they standout in history as one of the greatest generations.

[@rexrabbiteer]

Speaking as an American, The French have been our oldest Allie’s. They helped us gain our independence and by doing so we existed to return the favor years later.

[@MTC008]

everyone who are in this video are dead right now

[@remerodelvolga6598]

Fue la Brigada n⁰ 9 española la primera en pisar Paris. Estaba formada por antiguos combatientes republicanos de nuestra guerra civil. Estudien un poco que los libros no muerden.

[@Fredericamonserrat]

Exactement!

[@Fredericamonserrat]

La Nueve. Muchas Gracias a la NUEVE !

[@gillescapot7185]

Es verdad que viva la neuve y su commandante Dronne.

[@lapplandsjagare]

🙋🏻‍♂️ hello from Sweden 🇸🇪

[@tiamatxvxianash9202]

A great piece of historic footage that shows very clearly that thin line between liberation and conquest. It looks much more like a 4th of July parade, with British representation basically unseen. Yet as Black Jack had foretold and Churchill rightly confirmed; Pax America had indeed arrived.

[@thierrymilan2039]

It's look like 4th July but it's not. This is the honor of France to thanks his Allies for help French nation to get free from Germans. If you see something else, just go out of your home and travel to learn about others cultures than yours.

[@louisselouisse4730]

🇩🇬

[@voiceofreason6515]

The parade music is beyond epic.

[@TriRabbi]

My uncle was a paratrooper in WWII in the European theater. He was one of only four men in his group of 100 who survived the Normandy invasion. He continued fighting into Berlin. He said his survival technique was to keep firing his gun while running from one position to the next.

[@mikman7219]

Когда немцы наступали, французы храбро сдавались. Когда американцы наступали, французы храбро "освобождались" от немцев. Какая храбрая нация.

[@heliedecastanet1882]

I don't know if we are a brave nation, dear mikman. I was wondering how brave was a nation who lived nearly as slaves under the Czars rule, the communism and now Poutine 🙂 In short, a nation who never revolted (once in 1917, just to choose the worst regime possible : clever move !). Probably a very, very brave nation 🙂

[@yavlade1323]

@@heliedecastanet1882 Мало,Вы знаете историю России.Руси.

[@heliedecastanet1882]

@@yavlade1323 As much as Mikman seems to know French History 🙂 Have a good evening !

[@BaileyArf-n2q]

My uncle died in France in 1944 he was an American .

[@gregoryadair3223]

My father was an American pilot of a B-17 stationed in Kimbolton, England in 1944. The bomber was disabled by anti-aircraft fire over France and belly landed directly on the old battlefield of Verdun. The allied/nazi line of contact was right at that location. Allied gunners set up covering fire in order to rescue the airmen. One of the crew (ball turret gunner) died. My father was evacuated to hospital in Rheims, and after some treatment was re-united with the rest of the crew in Paris for a few days before shipping back to England. He was in Paris 10 days after the liberation. The hotel where they stayed still had stationary in German, with little swastikas on it. After time in hospital in England, the Army Air Force put him back in a bomber and he had to fly all the missions to the quota. There are pictures of the air crew in Paris, they had all bought berets... He managed to re-cross the English Channel with souvenirs; a tiny bottle of perfume, an ashtray with the Eiffel Tower on it, earrings, and a bottle of champagne for my mom which he brought back to California... And a "dud" German antiaircraft shell from a roadside crater near Reims, which he brought to the base in England to make into a lighter. The shell was live, as it turned out. Thanks Paris and England for being decent to the Americans who passed through there during the war. They never forgot your courtesy, especially you, English people. French people, please consider being a little nicer to more recent American tourists. Thanks everyone.

[@phyo1716]

I wonder how Verdun looked like in 1944. Was it still a mud field like it was in ww1?

[@bobbobson6292]

Американские и английские парни погибшие и выжившие на войне были братьями по оружию с нашими предками Советскими солдатами. Помним, чтим, гордимся.

[@GodsfriendEzi]

Paris did not see war. No damages were done to the city!

[@maxsmor5119]

какой синт используешь?

[@ruteando5365]

Todo el mérito de la liberación de París fue gracias a la 9, soldados españoles republicanos que con la experiencia de la guerra civil española y los 00 bien puestos, sacaron a los alemanes de la ciudad.

[@thierrymilan2039]

A certain credit but not ALL the credit... Thanks to the Spanish though.

[@yabrgon]

Hats off to the cameramen.... ♥

[@jjfg4621]

Donde están las fotos y vídeos de LA 9??? Esos fueron los primeros en enfrentarse con los alemanes que defendían Paris. Continua la farsa verdad? como eran ESPAÑOLES no lo consideráis importante.

[@leandresitja3098]

Si señor, los soldados republicanos españoles de La Nueve del general Leclerc con sus semi-orugas fueron los primeros en entrar en Paris, pero tienes razón, no cuentan, ya no contaron entonces, De Gaulle en persona les prohibió desfilar bajo la bandera de la República Española.

[@odalrich]

Jorge Figueiras En realidad quien se encargo que la presencia española se difuminara en la liberación de Paris fue el general de Gaulle, no los estadounidenses. De Gaulle quiso crear el mito de la Francia resistente y combativa, cuando en realidad la resistencia francesa fue poco numerosa y la mayoría de parisinos congeniaban bastante bien con los alemanes. En muchos lugares de Francia muchas de las partidas guerrilleras estaban formadas por españoles. Creo que fue en el desfile que aparece al final del video que los blindados tripulados por españoles, con los nombres de las principales batallas de la guerra civil, desfilaron también y De Gaulle se puso como una furia ya que para él esa gesta tenía que ser francesa. La Resistencia francesa contra los alemanes tuvo mucho de mito y De Gaulle usó ese mito como base para su futura carrera política. Todo esto me lo explicaron republicanos españoles cuando residí una temporada en Paris a finales de los 1960's.

[@crotsvt4065]

Борьбу советского народа и красной армии с нацизмом хотят вычеркнуть из истории нынешнее политики . Этого не когда не будет слава Советским воинам в победе над Гитлером

[@justincoleman7856]

Even though there was no audio recording from the video, it really makes you wonder what all was said between the military leaders.

[@therocinante3443]

That's exactly what I was thinking the entire time. "God I wish I could hear them all"

[@chinavirus841]

@@therocinante3443 creep

[@bmccollneb1]

The footage is true and very inspiring. You know there must be a boat load of photogate like this. Is it suppressed?

[@bigtrev8xl]

Superb, I've not seen most of that film before 👍🍺

[@JazzFunk22]

☕🍰. 👍

[@jeffyoung60]

I couldn't believe it. At 2.45 there is a French partisan woman wearing a blue miniskirt. She is 24 years ahead of her time. The miniskirt will reach the apex of fashion popularity in 1968. She is wearing a miniskirt in 1944 and no one seems surprised. She must have been making a fashion statement that didn't become popular until the mid-1960s. What's more, she is not wearing nylons of any kind. Of course, pantyhose did not appear until close to the mid-60s. Thigh-high nylons and garter belts would have been insufficient for her miniskirt. However there did exist a form of, 'tights' which had been used by female theater performers for decades.

[@michaelcorbidge7914]

It's France with a different style to other countries. I guess it approaches mini skirt specs. There's mini skirts and then there's real mini skirts. Iwas having a good look at her because she looks like my aunt but my aunt would've been 19 years old in 44 . My aunt has lived in Paris all her life to this day . I'll be checking up with my cousins on this one .

[@earlsreid4130]

That woman is 18 year old Simone Segouin, the most badass French resistance fighter in all France. Google her, you'll see many photos of her in this outfit.

[@jeffyoung60]

@@earlsreid4130 How did she get away with wearing a miniskirt in 1944? Surely she would have faced a lot of criticism from Parisians, for showing all of her bare legs. She would have loved being an 18-year old in 1968 Paris.

[@talvisota327]

@@earlsreid4130 i googled her name and was more surprised to see that she is apparently still alive at 96

[@supermanprime6758]

@@jeffyoung60 Walking around with an mp-40 dissuades the prudish.