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What happened on August 25 in history? This is the story Historai has told for this date. Listen, or read the transcript and sources.
August 25, 1944
The Liberation of Paris on August 25, 1944
Hitler ordered the city reduced to rubble, and the German commander had the mines in place to do it. What actually happened over six August days was decided by a police strike, a division of Spanish exiles, and one general's refusal to obey.
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