German Troops In Paris
The enemy met no resistance as it entered the capital which was declared an open town yesterday by the city s french military governor general hering.
German troops in paris. During the occupation the french government moved to vichy and paris was governed by the. German soldiers paraded down the famed champs elysees on thursday the 205th anniversary of the french revolution riding armored vehicles through the city for the first time since 1944 in a grand. The outbreak of the first world war in august 1914 saw patriotic demonstrations on the place de la concorde and at the gare de l est and gare du nord as the mobilized soldiers departed for the front. On june 14 1940 parisians awaken to the sound of a german accented voice announcing via loudspeakers that a curfew was being imposed for 8 p m.
That evening as german troops enter and occupy paris. On 26 august trainloads of refugees from belgium arrived. But while the paris newspapers were confident of a quick victory the german army swept through belgium and marched rapidly toward paris. French troops withdrew to avoid a violent battle and total destruction of paris.
The nazi german army is seen marching and driving tanks through the streets of paris in this harrowing archive footage from 1940 during world war ii.