What year was France liberated from German control in World War II?

Answer 1

June 6th, 1944

"Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force...You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade for which we have striven this many months; the eyes of the world are upon you. Good luck! And let us beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking"

-Dwight Eisenhower, Allied Commander

Answer 2

France was liberated from all German control by the start of March in 1945.

Answer 3

1944

Answer 4

Some would say August 25, 1944, when Paris liberated itself, with help of the French Resistance, and the Free French and American troops.

"With the Allies rapidly advancing on Paris, the Paris Métro, Gendarmerie and Police went on strike on 15 August, followed by the postal workers the following day. They were joined by workers across the city when a general strike broke out on 18 August, the day on which all Parisians were ordered to mobilize. Barricades began to appear, with skirmishes between them and the German occupiers beginning in earnest the following day, reaching their height on the 22nd."

"Despite orders from Hitler that Paris should be held to the last and destroyed, General Dietrich von Choltitz surrendered on 25 August, after initially heavy fighting with Leclerc's French 2nd Armored Division. On the same day, Charles de Gaulle, leader of the Free French Forces moved back into the War Ministry on the rue Saint-Dominique, then made a rousing speech to the population from the Hôtel de Ville. This was followed on 26 August by a victory parade down the Champs-Élysées, with German snipers still active, followed by another for the U.S. 28th Infantry Division on the 29th, by which time the city was secure. Joyous crowds greeted the American and Free French forces as liberators, as their vehicles drove down the city streets."

"It is estimated that around 1,500 resistance members and civilians were killed during the fighting to liberate the city. German losses are estimated at about 3,200 KIA and 12,800 POW."

"Liberation of Paris" : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_of_Paris

"Fearing the Germans would destroy Paris if attacked by a frontal assault, General Dwight Eisenhower ordered his forces to cease their advance and reconnoitre the situation. At this time, Parisians rose up in full-scale revolt. As the Allied forces waited near Paris, General Eisenhower acceded to pressure from de Gaulle and his Free French Forces, who, furious about the delay and unwilling to allow the revolters to be slaughtered, as happened in the Polish capital of Warsaw during the Warsaw Uprising, had threatened to attack single-handedly. General Eisenhower thus granted them the honour of spearheading the Allied assault, liberating the capital city."

"Free French Forces : Liberation of France" : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_French_Forces#Liberation_of_France

Others would choose for February 2, 1945, when the Free French halted the German counter-attack against Strasbourg, and liberated Colmar, the last French town under German control.

"Alsace : Histoire ", French Wikipedia : http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alsace#Histoire

Answer 5

Near the end of 1944.

Answer 6

mid to late 1944

Answer 7

1945