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Hitler's Bitter Attempt To Burn Paris To The Ground | Destroy Paris (2021x155)

Air date: Nov 17, 2021

By 1944, as the Third Reich was crumbling, Hitler gave detailed orders for the destruction of Paris. He wanted the monuments and all the bridges mined and the city reduced to a “pile of rubble”. General von Choltitz, the last Nazi commander in charge of Paris, famously claimed he saved the City of Light. But what really happened? We investigate.