Liberation of Paris

Liberation of Paris
Part of Operation Overlord of World War II
Parisians line the Champs Élysées as French 2e DB armor rolls down the avenue from the Arc de Triomphe toward Place de la Concorde on 26 August
Date 19–25 August 1944 Location Paris and outskirts, France Result Allied victory Capture and liberation of Paris Paris made capital of the re-established Provisional Government of the French Republic
Belligerents
Free France United States French Resistance	Germany Vichy France Milice
Commanders and leaders
Philippe Leclerc Georges Bidault Henri Rol-Tanguy J. Chaban-Delmas Charles de Gaulle Raymond O. Barton Amado Granell	Dietrich von Choltitz
Units involved
2nd French Armored Division Régiment de marche du Tchad French Forces of the Interior 4th U.S. Infantry Division	325th Security Division
Casualties and losses
French Resistance: 1,600 dead Free French Forces: 130 dead 319 wounded United States: Unknown	3,200 dead 12,800 prisoners

Allied victory

 Germany
Vichy France

2nd French Armored Division

The Liberation of Paris (also known as the Battle for Paris) was a military action that took place during World War II from 19 August 1944 until the German garrison surrendered the French capital on 25 August 1944. Paris had been ruled by Nazi Germany since the signing of the Second Compiègne Armistice on 22 June 1940, after which the Wehrmacht occupied northern and western France.

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