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  2. Timeline of the liberation of France - Wikipedia

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    Timeline of the liberation of the primary cities of France between 1943 and 1945. Date ... Hauts-de-France: 1944-09-19: Nancy: 54: Grand Est: Battle of Nancy (1944 ...

  3. Liberation of France - Wikipedia

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    The GPFR served as an interim government of Free France from June 1944 through liberation and lasted till 1946. The PGFR was created by the Committee of National Liberation on 3 June 1944, three days before D-day. It moved back to Paris after the liberation of the capital in August 1944.

  4. Timeline of French history - Wikipedia

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    1944 6 June Normandy landings: 25 August: Second World War – Liberation of Paris: In what is considered the last battle of the Allied Operation Overlord, Allied forces, and in particular Free French Forces and the French Resistance, liberated Paris from German occupation as a strong symbolic effort to restore French honor, tarnished by the ...

  5. Provisional Government of the French Republic - Wikipedia

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    The Provisional Government of the French Republic (PGFR; French: Gouvernement provisoire de la République française (GPRF)) was the provisional government of Free France between 3 June 1944 and 27 October 1946, following the liberation of continental France after Operations Overlord and Dragoon, and lasting until the establishment of the French Fourth Republic.

  6. Liberation of Paris - Wikipedia

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    The liberation of Paris (French: libération de Paris) was a battle that took place during World War II from 19 August 1944 until the German garrison surrendered the French capital on 25 August 1944. Paris had been occupied by Nazi Germany since the signing of the Armistice of 22 June 1940 , after which the Wehrmacht occupied northern and ...

  7. List of wars involving France - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of wars involving modern France from the abolition of the French monarchy and the establishment of the French First Republic on 21 September 1792 until the current Fifth Republic. For wars involving the Kingdom of France (987–1792), see List of wars involving the Kingdom of France .

  8. In France, D-Day evokes both the joys of liberation and the ...

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    CARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, France (AP) — Shortly after D-Day in 1944, the American soldiers heading out to more fighting against Adolf Hitler's forces couldn't help but notice the hungry French boy by ...

  9. Liberation of Strasbourg - Wikipedia

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    The liberation of Strasbourg took place on 23 November 1944 during the Alsace campaign (November 1944 – March 1945) in the last months of World War II.After the liberation of Mulhouse on 21 November 1944 by the 1st Armored Division, [1] General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, and the 2nd Armored Division entered the city of Strasbourg in France after having liberated Sarrebourg and La ...