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The city of Paris started mobilizing for war in September 1939, when Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union attacked Poland, but the war seemed far away until May 10th 1940, when the Germans attacked France and quickly defeated the French army. The French government departed Paris on June 10th, and the Germans occupied the city on June 14th.
Pages in category "1942 quotations" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. ... We'll always have Paris (quote) Where's the rest of me? Y.
The "Vel' d'Hiv' Roundup" was not the first roundup of this sort in France during World War II. In what is known as the green ticket roundup ( French : rafle du billet vert ), 3,747 Jewish men were arrested on 14 May 1941, after 6,694 foreign Jews living in France received a summons in the mail (delivered on a green ticket) to a status review ...
Dietrich Hugo Hermann von Choltitz (German pronunciation: [ˈdiːtʁɪç fɔn ˈkɔltɪts]; 9 November 1894 – 5 November 1966) was a German general.Sometimes referred to as the Saviour of Paris, he served in the Wehrmacht (armed forces) of Nazi Germany during World War II, as well as serving in the Reichswehr of the Weimar Republic, and the Royal Saxon Army during World War I.
Boulogne-Billancourt near Paris 2–3 March 1942, more than 600 people killed, Saint-Nazaire 9, 14, 17 and 18 November 1942, 228 dead, Rennes 8 March 1943, 299 dead, Boulogne-Billancourt again 4 April 1943, 403 dead, Le Portel 8 September 1943, 510 dead, Paris western suburbs 9 and 15 September 1943, 395 dead, Nantes 16 and 23 September 1943 ...
16 July – Vel' d'Hiv Roundup (Rafle du Vel' d'Hiv), the mass arrest of 13,152 Jews who are held at the Winter Velodrome in Paris and Drancy internment camp before deportation to Auschwitz. 18 September – 116 people are executed in retaliation for recent attacks on German soldiers; 19 August – Unsuccessful Dieppe Raid is carried out by ...
Marcel André Henri Félix Petiot (17 January 1897 – 25 May 1946) was a French medical doctor and serial killer.He was convicted of multiple murders after the discovery of the remains of 23 people in the basement of his home in Paris during World War II.
German occupation of France during World War II - 1940–1944 in the northern zones, and 1942–1944 in the southern zone. The Holocaust in France . Italian occupation of France during World War II - limited to border areas 1940–1942, almost all Rhône left-bank territory 1942-1943.