Comments on: World War II: The Liberation of Paris http://www.historynet.com/world-war-ii-the-liberation-of-paris.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=world-war-ii-the-liberation-of-paris From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:24:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Anthony Loates http://www.historynet.com/world-war-ii-the-liberation-of-paris.htm#comment-161212 Anthony Loates Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:33:51 +0000 #comment-161212 Thank you Potemkine! for mentioning the Spanish Republicans in the Liberation of Paris. They are not acknowleged by any author of the event. It has been claimed that theFrench 2nd Armoured had about 3000 Spaniards in its ranks. Dronne thought highly of them and reported favourably on them after the war. However, the authorities of the day in France refused to publish it. There were many 'anti fascist' Spanish in France during World War II and they had their own Maquis units. Recent studies have discovered that the Parisians manning the barricades seen in contemporary photos were actually Spaniards doing exactly what they did defending Madrid in the Civil War. For purists, the first British to arrive in Paris were non combatant Quakers serving with a Friends Ambulance Unit attached to the 2nd Armoured. In effect they arrived before the Americans!!!! Thank you Potemkine! for mentioning the Spanish Republicans in the Liberation of Paris. They are not acknowleged by any author of the event. It has been claimed that theFrench 2nd Armoured had about 3000 Spaniards in its ranks. Dronne thought highly of them and reported favourably on them after the war. However, the authorities of the day in France refused to publish it. There were many 'anti fascist' Spanish in France during World War II and they had their own Maquis units. Recent studies have discovered that the Parisians manning the barricades seen in contemporary photos were actually Spaniards doing exactly what they did defending Madrid in the Civil War. For purists, the first British to arrive in Paris were non combatant Quakers serving with a Friends Ambulance Unit attached to the 2nd Armoured. In effect they arrived before the Americans!!!!

]]> By: Potemkine! http://www.historynet.com/world-war-ii-the-liberation-of-paris.htm#comment-107588 Potemkine! Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:26:08 +0000 #comment-107588 @ Walter Hill > I think it was the Commander of B Troop 102d Cavalry report he was at the in Paris in the early hours of 25 August There is an inconsistency in your message - You claim the 102d Calvalry Grop were in Paris the day before the 2ème D.B., in the early hours of 25 August. The first element of the 2ème D.B. entering Paris was the 9th company of the Régiment de Marche du Tchad (the 'Nueve' commanded by the captain Dronne, made mostly of former spanish Republicans) who entered Paris in the evening of 24 August. So if the 102d Calvalry Group should have been entered a day before the 2ème D.B., it should have arrived in Paris the 23rd of August. @ Walter Hill

> I think it was the Commander of B Troop 102d Cavalry report he was at the in Paris in the early hours of 25 August
There is an inconsistency in your message – You claim the 102d Calvalry Grop were in Paris the day before the 2ème D.B., in the early hours of 25 August. The first element of the 2ème D.B. entering Paris was the 9th company of the Régiment de Marche du Tchad (the 'Nueve' commanded by the captain Dronne, made mostly of former spanish Republicans) who entered Paris in the evening of 24 August. So if the 102d Calvalry Group should have been entered a day before the 2ème D.B., it should have arrived in Paris the 23rd of August.

]]> By: Walter Hill http://www.historynet.com/world-war-ii-the-liberation-of-paris.htm#comment-29679 Walter Hill Sun, 25 Jan 2009 04:32:14 +0000 #comment-29679 I have copies of the operational records for the 102d Cavalry Group, and its subordinate squadrons, 102d Cavalry and the 38th Cavalry. These records indicate that B and C Troops of the 102d and A Troop of the 38th were in Paris the day before the French 2d Armored Division. These units receive no recognition for their efforts as the foirst Allied soldiers in Paris. I think it was the Commander of B Troop 102d Cavalry report he was at the in Paris in the early hours of 25 August. I have copies of the operational records for the 102d Cavalry Group, and its subordinate squadrons, 102d Cavalry and the 38th Cavalry. These records indicate that B and C Troops of the 102d and A Troop of the 38th were in Paris the day before the French 2d Armored Division. These units receive no recognition for their efforts as the foirst Allied soldiers in Paris. I think it was the Commander of B Troop 102d Cavalry report he was at the in Paris in the early hours of 25 August.

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