Is Paris Burning, (Paperback)

from theportal2002

This was a great book about the liberation of France during WWII. It started off slow but I was drawn in by this amazing piece of history. Ernest Hemingway is also part of this extraordinary time.

from Waltersgn

Story of how senior officers of the Wehrmacht disobeyed a direct order from Hitler to burn Paris to the ground rather than allow it to be liberated as an open city. Later made into a movie.

from Schmerguls

891 Is Paris Burning? by Larry Collins and Dominique LaPierre (read 27 Jan 1967) When I read these authors' book Freedom at Midnight on 3 March 1991 I said to myself: "I remember I did not think much of the author's technique when I read this book. So it was with some hesitation that I began thei...

from mjspear

An intense first-hand account of the final days of World War II in Paris -- the occupation, the resistance, and the final liberation. The military details are balanced with numerous personal vignettes to create a you-are-there quality to the narrative. The amazing thing is that even though we kno...

from mjspear

An intense first-hand account of the final days of World War II in Paris -- the occupation, the resistance, and the final liberation. The military details are balanced with numerous personal vignettes to create a you-are-there quality to the narrative. The amazing thing is that even though we kno...