The salvation of Paris was not a foregone conclusion
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The Blood of Free Men: The Liberation of Paris, 1944 (Michael Neiberg, WH) pats The salvation of Paris wasby Michael Neiberg As the Allies struggled inland from Normandy in August of 1944, the fate of Paris hung in the balance. Other jewels of Europe sites like Warsaw, Antwerp, and Monte Cassino were, or would soon be, reduced to rubble during attempts to liberate them. But Paris endured, thanks to a fractious cast of characters, from Resistance cells to Free French operatives to an unlikely assortment of diplomats, Allied generals, and governmental