Paris liberated by Allied forces after four years of Nazi occupation 70 years ago this hour (Aug 25 1944)


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(Friday, August 25, 1944, 6:00 p.m. CEST; during the Liberation of Paris, part of Operation Overlord, World War II)Paris was liberated tonight by Allied forces after four years of Nazi occupation as the final unconditional surrender was signed in a bare, dingy baggage master’s office in Montparnasse railroad station.

On the Eastern Front today, Romania declared war on former ally Germany.


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