Following the Allied breakthrough in Normandy, German forces attempt a desperate counterattack to halt the advance. Instead, they are drawn into the Falaise Pocket, where Canadian, Polish, and American troops close in from all sides, trapping tens of thousands of soldiers in a devastating encirclement.
As the pocket collapses, the road to Paris opens. Across France, resistance fighters rise in revolt while German forces begin a chaotic retreat. In Paris, barricades fill the streets and clashes erupt between occupiers and insurgents as liberation draws near.
On August 24, 1944, Allied columns enter the French capital, marking a turning point in the campaign to free Western Europe.
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