Liberation of Paris

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World War II battle military campaign uprising

The Liberation of Paris was the August 1944 World War II uprising and military campaign that ended German occupation of the French capital and restored it to Allied and French control.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Liberation of Paris canonical 19
Paris uprising of August 1944 2
Battle for Paris 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
uprising ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Liberation of Paris ⓘ
surface form: Battle for Paris

Liberation of Paris ⓘ
surface form: Libération de Paris
belligerent Allied forces ⓘ
Free French Forces ⓘ
French Forces of the Interior ⓘ
Free France ⓘ
surface form: French Resistance

Wehrmacht ⓘ
surface form: German Army

Nazi Germany ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
cause general strike in Paris ⓘ
insurrection by French Resistance ⓘ
uprising by Parisian police ⓘ
commander Charles de Gaulle ⓘ
Dietrich von Choltitz ⓘ
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country France ⓘ
dateOfDeGaulleParade 1944-08-26 ⓘ
endDate 1944-08-25 ⓘ
followedBy establishment of the Provisional Government of the French Republic ⓘ
involves 2nd Armoured Division (France) ⓘ
surface form: 2nd Armored Division (France)

French Resistance uprising ⓘ
4th Infantry Division (United States) ⓘ
surface form: U.S. 4th Infantry Division
language French ⓘ
location Paris ⓘ
notableFor limited destruction of Paris despite German orders ⓘ
symbolic importance for Free France ⓘ
opponentCommander Dietrich von Choltitz ⓘ
opposedBy Adolf Hitler’s orders to destroy Paris ⓘ
partOf Allied operations in Western Europe ⓘ
surface form: Allied advance from Normandy

World War II ⓘ
precededBy German occupation of Paris ⓘ
result Allied victory ⓘ
liberation of Paris from German occupation ⓘ
restoration of French authority in Paris ⓘ
significance marked end of four-year German occupation of the French capital ⓘ
significantEvent de Gaulle’s parade on the Champs-Élysées ⓘ
entry of Free French 2nd Armored Division into Paris ⓘ
entry of U.S. 4th Infantry Division into Paris ⓘ
surrender of German garrison in Paris ⓘ
startDate 1944-08-19 ⓘ
theater Western Front ⓘ
surface form: Western Front of World War II
year 1944 ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Free French Forces → participatedIn → Liberation of Paris ⓘ
Western Front → notableEvent → Liberation of Paris ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Front (World War II)
FFL → participatedIn → Liberation of Paris ⓘ
subject surface form: Free French Forces
Free France → significantEvent → Liberation of Paris ⓘ
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque → participatedIn → Liberation of Paris ⓘ
Liberation of Paris → alsoKnownAs → Liberation of Paris ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle for Paris
Liberation of Paris → alsoKnownAs → Liberation of Paris ⓘ
this entity surface form: Libération de Paris
Liberation of France → hasPart → Liberation of Paris ⓘ
Provisional Government of the French Republic → significantEvent → Liberation of Paris ⓘ
2nd Armoured Division (France) → participatedIn → Liberation of Paris ⓘ
Musée du Général Leclerc de Hauteclocque et de la Libération de Paris → dedicatedTo → Liberation of Paris ⓘ
French Resistance → notableEvent → Liberation of Paris ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paris uprising of August 1944
German occupation of France → significantEvent → Liberation of Paris ⓘ
Dietrich von Choltitz → notableEvent → Liberation of Paris ⓘ
Allied breakout from Normandy → followedBy → Liberation of Paris ⓘ
North-West Europe campaign → keyEvent → Liberation of Paris ⓘ
Is Paris Burning? → settingEvent → Liberation of Paris ⓘ
Pierre Galante → notableWork → Liberation of Paris ⓘ
this entity surface form: The August 1944 Paris uprising (works on Liberation of Paris)
Advance to the Seine → relatedEvent → Liberation of Paris ⓘ
Liberation of Brussels → precededBy → Liberation of Paris ⓘ
Rol-Tanguy → notableEvent → Liberation of Paris ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paris uprising of August 1944
Régiment de marche du Tchad → notableEngagement → Liberation of Paris ⓘ
Régiment blindé de fusiliers-marins → notableEngagement → Liberation of Paris ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle for the liberation of Paris
Liberation of Strasbourg → relatedEvent → Liberation of Paris ⓘ
Free French government → significantEvent → Liberation of Paris ⓘ