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I helped liberate Paris from the Nazis
Manage episode 240212521 series 1301442
On August 25 1944 General Charles De Gaulle, who had been in exile in London for the majority of World War 2, finally entered Paris at the head of the Free French forces. But the French capital was far from secure. Ashley Byrne hears from Charles Pegulu de Rovin, who as an 18-year-old student fought with other resistance fighters against the Nazis in the final battle for Paris.
(Photo by Pierre Jahan/Roger Viollet via Getty Images)
2141 episodes
Manage episode 240212521 series 1301442
On August 25 1944 General Charles De Gaulle, who had been in exile in London for the majority of World War 2, finally entered Paris at the head of the Free French forces. But the French capital was far from secure. Ashley Byrne hears from Charles Pegulu de Rovin, who as an 18-year-old student fought with other resistance fighters against the Nazis in the final battle for Paris.
(Photo by Pierre Jahan/Roger Viollet via Getty Images)
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