Paris Back to the Past
Hitler and the leadership of the Reich at the Trocadero. 1940 and 2010. Paris Back to the Past
Paris Back to the Past
Russian photographer Sergey Larenkov has done a very interesting historical project. In particular, he combined modern photographs of the French capital and of 1940 in one photo. By the beginning of June 1940 the main forces of the French army had been broken or cut off to the north. And the Road to Paris for German troops was open. July 14, 1940 the – German army entered the capital of France. Thus, the years of occupation began. The military governor, General Henri Fernand Denz declared Paris an “open city”, and German troops entered without fighting.
German cavalry on the Avenue Foch – 1940, 2010
The Red Army liberated Belarus, and fought for Poland. Landed in Normandy on 6 June allies are moving to the east. American command’s plans were not the immediate release of Paris, they eagered to Germany. Without waiting for the Americans on 18 August, 1944 the French Resistance fighters in Paris uprising. With extensive experience in the uprisings and revolutions, people went to the barricades of Paris.
The uprising spread to the entire city. Entrenched in the strongholds, providing increased resistance, which finally managed to break with the approach of General Leclerc tank corps of troops fought in France, led by De Gaulle. Thus, August 24 French themselves liberated Paris. On the streets of Paris came a crowd of enthusiastic residents to meet their liberators.
And Paris helped to liberate Russian people from the former prisoners who participated in the Resistance, and who also took part in the parade.
Paris Back to the Past
German soldiers marching at the Arc de Triomphe, 1940 and 2010
1940 and 2010 Paris. The city began to live by the laws of the Nazi and Berlin time. German cavalry in the streets of the occupied city
On the photo – the restaurant, which in 1814 first called “Bistro”. According to legend, the name comes from the Russian Cossacks, who wanted to eat quickly (“bistro” means quickly in Russian)
According to sources, Hitler could not climb the Eiffel Tower, as the elevators didn’t work. Background of the Eiffel Tower – 1940, 2010
Parade of the occupiers on the Elysees, 1940, 2010
Rue de Rivoli, 1940, 2010
Parade of occupants, 1940, 2010
The Wehrmacht at Place de la Concorde, 1940, 2010
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Occupants at the Arc de Triomphe, 1940, 2010
Uprising in 1944. The barricade on the seafront Grand Augustin, 2010 – Parisian police, from the beginning joined to people and fought with the Nazis
The barricade on the seafront Grand Augustin – 2010 – olice, from the beginning joined to people and fought with the Nazis
29 August 1944. Victory Parade, 2010
De Gaulle led the parade in honor of the liberation of the 1944, 2010
Liberated Paris – 1944, 2010
U.S. Marines on the Champs Elysees – 1944, 2010
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