my housemate says it wasn't, none of it and i just don't believe him? please give references so i can prove that stupid scott wrong!
2006-10-30 03:46:43 · 11 answers · asked by jonny Atlantis 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
actually , ur friend's right. none of it was destroyed, n i should know, i'm french. sorry! but u can tell him that world war 2 is actually happening in france : in da politics.
2006-10-30 03:51:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Paris was not destroyed during World War 2. The war occured elsewhere in France.
2006-10-30 12:36:17 · answer #2 · answered by jracer524 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Paris actually surrended rather than have it destroyed when the Germans came in and the order to put paris to the torch when the Germans fled was never obeyed.
Potentially bits and pieces were destroyed, but not the wholesale destruction as what befell London
2006-10-30 11:52:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It wasn't destroyed in the sense of total destruction, but there was some damge on the outskirts during the re-capture of the city by the Allies in 1944. It was mostly factories and such, but nothing like what happen to London or Berlin.
2006-10-30 12:18:01 · answer #4 · answered by kepjr100 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The correct answer is, technically, yes, there was some small damage to minor buildings and residences as a by product of skirmishes between Free French resistance and the Vichy/Nazi "police"...but there was no wholesale bombing or destruction in Paris proper. Hope this helped.
2006-10-30 11:59:02 · answer #5 · answered by answerman63 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When it was first conquered by the German, the french called Paris "free city". Therefore there was no fighting.
When the allies invaded the german, there was fight between french resistant and nazi inside the city but nothing too major to be considered destroyed
Paris was spared.
2006-10-30 12:46:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Paris was declared an open city during the German blietzkrieg in 1940 and was spared any devastation.
2006-10-30 14:28:27 · answer #7 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. It was declared an open city like Rome
2006-10-30 15:36:43 · answer #8 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe some of it was!
That would need research though to be honest
Maybe some one esle can say for sure
Good luck
2006-10-30 11:55:04 · answer #9 · answered by beantown10955 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It fell to the Germans quickly. Not a brick was knocked out of place. Typical when you throw the front door of your house open and lay out the welcome mat.
Zoot alors!
2006-10-30 13:24:45 · answer #10 · answered by Quasimodo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋