As Allied forces pursued the German army across northern France in the summer of 1944, French leader Charles de Gaulle urged U.S. General Dwight Eisenhower to assist Parisians’ attempts to take back their city from the Nazis. The Liberation of Paris (Simon & Schuster) assesses the result of Eisenhower’s decision to divert forces to Paris — and how by moving to free the city, the war may have been prolonged for several more months.
