• Josephine Baker — Red Cross
• Ernest Hemingway — war correspondent
• Raoul Nordling — French-German mediator
• Pierre Taittinger — French-German mediator

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Notes

1. ^ La Bataille de France 1944–1945, Jacques Mordal, Arthaud, 1964]
2. ^ Les Cahiers Multimédias: Il y a 60 ans : la Libération de Paris, Gérard Conreur/Mémorial du Maréchal Leclerc et de la Libération de Paris, Radio France official website, 6 July 2004
3. ^ Les Cahiers Multimédias: Il y a 60 ans : la Libération de Paris, Gérard Conreur/Mémorial du Maréchal Leclerc et de la Libération de Paris, Radio France official website, July 6 2004
4. ^ Pantin official website
5. ^ Pantin official website
6. ^ Allocution du Président de la République lors de la cérémonie d’hommage aux martyrs du Bois de Boulogne., President Nicolas Sarkozy, French Presidency official website, 16 May 2007
7. ^ ... et Paris Ne Fut Pas Detruit (... and Paris wasn't destroyed), Pierre Taittinger, L'Elan, 1946
8. ^ Will Paris be destroyed?, documentary by Michael Busse and Maria-Rosa Bobbi, Arte/WDR/France 3/TSR, August 2004
9. ^ Pantin official website
10. ^ Libération de Paris: Balises 1944 ,L'Humanité, 23 August 2004
11. ^ Libération de Paris : Mardi 24 août, L'Humanité, 24 August 2004
12. ^ Pantin official website
13. ^ La Bataille de France 1944–1945, Jacques Mordal, Arthaud, 1964]
14. ^ ... Brennt Paris?)
15. ^ 20 French news: 24 August 2004, France 2 public channel, INA National Audiovisual Institute archives
16. ^ 20 French news: 24 August 2004, France 2 public channel, INA National Audiovisual Institute archives
17. ^ 20 French news: 24 August 2004, France 2 public channel, INA National Audiovisual Institute archives
18. ^ 20 French news: 24 August 2004, France 2 public channel, INA National Audiovisual Institute archives
19. ^ 20 French news: 24 August 2004, France 2 public channel, INA National Audiovisual Institute archives
20. ^ 20 French news: 24 August 2004, France 2 public channel, INA National Audiovisual Institute archives
21. ^ Will Paris be destroyed?, documentary by Michael Busse and Maria-Rosa Bobbi, Arte/WDR/France 3/TSR, August 2004
22. ^ Will Paris be destroyed?, documentary by Michael Busse and Maria-Rosa Bobbi, Arte/WDR/France 3/TSR, August 2004
23. ^ 1944–1946 : La Libération, Charles de Gaulle foundation official website
24. ^ 1944-1946 : La Libération, Charles de Gaulle foundation official website
25. ^ 1944–1946 : La Libération, Charles de Gaulle foundation official website
26. ^ 1940–1944 : La France Libre et la France Combattante pt.2, Charles de Gaulle foundation official website
27. ^ 1940–1944 : La France Libre et la France Combattante pt.1, Charles de Gaulle foundation official website
28. ^ France excluded from the German capitulation signing by the Western Allies — Reims Academy
29. ^ Die Finsternis (The Darkness), Thomas Tielsch, Filmtank Hamburg/ZDF, 2005
30. ^ Die Finsternis (The Darkness), Thomas Tielsch, Filmtank Hamburg/ZDF, 2005
31. ^ President Nicolas Sarkozy's speech (English), French Presidency official website, 16 May 2007
32. ^ Max Gallo's ceremony (video), French Presidency official website, May 16, 2007

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See also

• Mémorial du maréchal Leclerc de Hauteclocque et de la Libération de Paris
• Operation Dragoon
• Warsaw Uprising

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Media links

• Battle for Paris: August 16–26, Documentary shot by the French Resistance propaganda, September 1, 1944

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External links

• De Gaulle's speech from the Hôtel de Ville - Charles de Gaulle foundation
• De Gaulle's speech in retrospect - BBC News
• (French) La Libération de Paris (archive documents and detailed timeline) ,Gilles Primout

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