Is Paris Burning - How Paris Miraculously Escaped Adolf Hitlers Sentence of Death in August 1944

Description:

**Is Paris Burning?** Is a 1965 book by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre telling the story of the Liberation of Paris during the Second World War. The book examines the military and political actions surrounding the events of late August 1944 around Paris and how these events unfolded. The title is taken from the question reportedly asked by Adolf Hitler following his order to destroy the city rather than let it be re-captured by the Allies. The story was adapted into a feature film by the same name in 1966. (Source: Wikipedia)

subjects: World War, 1939-1945,  History,  Campaigns,  Non-Classifiable,  World war, 1939-1945, france,  Paris (france), history

People: German Military Leaders

Places: Paris (France),  France

Times: 1940-1944