Comments on: World War II: The Liberation of Paris http://www.historynet.com/world-war-ii-the-liberation-of-paris.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:03:40 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Potemkine! http://www.historynet.com/world-war-ii-the-liberation-of-paris.htm/comment-page-1#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-page-1#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.

]]>