Liberation of Paris 1944: Patton’s Race for the Seine. Campaign 194. In July 1944, Operation Cobra broke the stalemate in Normandy and sent the Allies racing across France. The Allied commanders had ignored Paris in their planning for this campaign, considering that the risk of intense street fighting and heavy casualties outweighed the city's strategic importance. However, Charles de Gaulle persuaded the Allied commanders to take direct action to liberate his nation's capital. Describes the operations of Patton's Third Army as it advanced towards Paris as well as the actions of the Resistance forces inside the city and of the Free French armored division that fought its way in on the 24th August; 96 pages.
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