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Is Paris Burning?

by Larry Collins, Dominique Lapierre · 1964

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Dominique LaPierre Hitler's death sentence to the city of Paris in 1944 nearly happened. An extraordinary series of events, fastidiously researched here, saved the city from what Hitler wanted to leave to the Allies "nothing but a field of ruins."

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war and militarywar and militaryMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thisWorld War IIWorld War IIMore like thisLess of thisthrillerthrillerMore like thisLess of this
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military historymilitary historyMore like thisLess of thisAmerican historyAmerican historyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of this
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World War IIWorld War IIMore like thisLess of thisParisParisMore like thisLess of thisFranceFranceMore like thisLess of thisEuropeEuropeMore like thisLess of thisGermanyGermanyMore like thisLess of this
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adult
Length
medium · 385 pages

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