The Blood of Free Men: The Liberation of Paris, 1944

by Michael S. Neiberg

Book Overview

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 officials. Their...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465023991
• ISBN13: 9780465023998
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher