Americans being celebrated for the Liberation of Paris, August 29th 1944

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  • People in Paris are on the street and extensively celebrate the end of the occupation by the Nazis. The source has been recorded in August 1944 by the American army.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 126

  • @fredact
    @fredact Рік тому +85

    How it must have been to be that farmboy from Iowa, coal miner's son from West Virginia, or lobsterman from Maine to be celebrated like this as the heroes that they were.

  • @UnluckyCucumber
    @UnluckyCucumber 9 місяців тому +32

    We Americans owe a great debt to Marquis de Lafayette for helping create our country. For that reason we will always be there to help our ally France when the going gets tough.
    “America has joined forces with the Allied Powers, and what we have of blood and treasure are yours. Therefore it is that with loving pride we drape the colors in tribute of respect to this citizen of your great republic. And here and now, in the presence of the illustrious dead, we pledge our hearts and our honor in carrying this war to a successful issue. Lafayette, we are here!”
    - Charles E. Stanton
    (Picpus Cemetery. Paris, France. July 4, 1917)

    • @mtnwriter4011
      @mtnwriter4011 9 місяців тому

      Yes. France literally went broke helping us win the Revolution. Then poverty led to its own Revolution. We also need to understand the Allied invasion from DeGaulle's point of view.

    • @anunripecantaloupe340
      @anunripecantaloupe340 5 місяців тому +1

      The Marquis is the man. Absolute historical chad. A man of two revolutions.

  • @AndyKola
    @AndyKola Рік тому +18

    Ive always got Frances back, even if my fellow Americans dont. I joined the Legion, and still stand with it, because France gave me a second chance, where as America still kicks me every chance it gets. Maybe, I will come back, since my inapt temporaire has expired.

    • @smoaky123
      @smoaky123 Рік тому

      Damn man what’d you do?

    • @sassycat6487
      @sassycat6487 9 місяців тому

      What happened that you had to leave America?

    • @HappyHermitt
      @HappyHermitt 5 місяців тому

      Good luck. France is selling out to the globalist.
      Your only enemy is Macron.

    • @callsigndisciple626
      @callsigndisciple626 3 місяці тому +1

      The US doesn't just mess with some random person for no reason. What did you do to have them kicks you every chance it gets?

  • @garymacmillan
    @garymacmillan 9 місяців тому +12

    An entire US army moved through Paris that day. The plans were to skirt Paris and get on with bthe war to the north of the city. However, De Gaulle , wanting to scare off the French Communists who had plans to try to ytake Paris, convinced Ike that the show of American might would be very salutary.

  • @VSV659
    @VSV659 10 місяців тому +10

    To think that Hitler’s instructions to the withdrawing German troops was to destroy Paris and then leave the city, instructions that were ignored. The French endured 4 years of horrific German occupation, with several resistance fighters being tortured to death.

  • @cece5088
    @cece5088 Рік тому +46

    God bless America!🇺🇸

  • @justhimo2728
    @justhimo2728 Рік тому +18

    they was lucky people to survive after the hell of war

    • @beroukhiaeliana2435
      @beroukhiaeliana2435 9 місяців тому

      Oui eux oui mais pas les juifs qui d'ailleurs en 44 étaient encore dans les camps et il y avait encore des arrestations dans certains pays d'Europe et dans le sud de la France

  • @omidansr
    @omidansr Рік тому +32

    They left Europe hundreds of years ago to establish a new country in America, years later they returned to Europe to save Europe. Damn

    • @jehouse61
      @jehouse61 10 місяців тому

      Then watched their own go down the tubes.

    • @sassycat6487
      @sassycat6487 9 місяців тому +1

      It's amazing when you think of it like that!!

  • @KaoretheHalfDemon
    @KaoretheHalfDemon 9 місяців тому +12

    While its nice seeing them being celebrated I hope the other nations involved were equally as celebrated. The British and Canadians fought just as hard to liberate France.

    • @Mfthug-g6g
      @Mfthug-g6g 4 місяці тому

      All Allies are celebrated but this footage are coming from the American army

  • @MM-vv8mt
    @MM-vv8mt 7 місяців тому +4

    My mom and her comapny of WACs marched that day in the big parade. I have a picture of them with her in the front rank heading up a column with the Arc d'Triomphe in the near background.

  • @tiecorp
    @tiecorp 9 місяців тому +2

    Brought me to tears. War is a terrible thing. We all would do well to remember

  • @crazy-diamond7683
    @crazy-diamond7683 9 місяців тому +4

    Imagine what they would think 80 yrs later ?

  • @alainarchambault2331
    @alainarchambault2331 Рік тому +4

    Wow, what a shindig.

  • @justhimo2728
    @justhimo2728 Рік тому +5

    wow good job

  • @hirameberhardt8643
    @hirameberhardt8643 10 місяців тому +7

    Just a reminder, the US and allies fought 2 fronts ...Pacific and Europe.

    • @chrisrobert5252
      @chrisrobert5252 8 місяців тому

      North Africa, Pacific and Europe

    • @Kreatorisbackyt
      @Kreatorisbackyt 8 місяців тому

      ​@@chrisrobert5252 US = Pacific and Europe
      UK = Europe , Mediterranean/Africa and Burma

    • @makeuthink2120
      @makeuthink2120 5 місяців тому

      Just a reminder: the U.S. and allies screwed up everything in Europe.

    • @callsigndisciple626
      @callsigndisciple626 3 місяці тому

      @@Kreatorisbackyt The US had troops in Europe, Africa, and the pacific.

    • @theamous
      @theamous 23 дні тому

      yeah but they only joined near the end when both japan and Germany already spent much of their resources.

  • @asapjay3213
    @asapjay3213 8 місяців тому +1

    Feel bad for all the brave soldiers that died during the war and couldn’t be there to witness being celebrated like this.

  • @untalfelipin5202
    @untalfelipin5202 5 місяців тому

    ¿Como consiguieron esta gran calidad de imagen? 👌

  • @Belmanchet
    @Belmanchet Рік тому +4

    At 3:13 - What's with the Hitler mustache?

    • @Dibbid
      @Dibbid 7 місяців тому

      It was a thing for a while, but like many benign things, the nazis ruined it.

  • @davidpliego2483
    @davidpliego2483 2 роки тому +21

    Well, and look at Paris now

    • @jehouse61
      @jehouse61 Рік тому +4

      Isn't it glorious!

    • @sassycat6487
      @sassycat6487 9 місяців тому +1

      Paris has its issues but it's still an iconic and gorgeous city. I think they still appreciate our help during the war because I experienced nothing but friendliness when they spoke to me.

    • @TimeTraveIer_0
      @TimeTraveIer_0 8 місяців тому +1

      @@sassycat6487 There is definitely a deep connection between our countries, a lot of my fellow French citizens dislike American politics, but when it comes to the people, when you get over the langage barrier, we're very similar to each other. Let's not forget both our countries grew together and were always allies (since the creation of your country) and in touch. I don't feel this way for British people or even Germans (I do like them a lot though, it's just not the same connection).

    • @HappyHermitt
      @HappyHermitt 5 місяців тому

      What a shame.. Its an immigrant sewer.

  • @zalechan9908
    @zalechan9908 Рік тому +2

    People have stepped backward from today's comparison.

    • @Yusa_Beach
      @Yusa_Beach Рік тому

      We came as Heroes and left a legacy all but forgotten.

  • @pamelaiverson5527
    @pamelaiverson5527 7 місяців тому +1

    And again we are told the only country who mattered in fighting Hitler were the Americans. Forget the other 20 odd countries who also fought and sacrificed.

  • @WendyQallab
    @WendyQallab 10 місяців тому +2

    So proud to be American when I see this.

    • @victormarie525
      @victormarie525 8 місяців тому

      En tant que français je remercierais jamais assez les États-Unis et canadiens compris, de nous avoir sauvé des nazis ! 🇨🇵🇺🇲

  • @LesterMoore
    @LesterMoore 9 місяців тому +1

    Gee, our generation never received a festive recognition like this in Hue, Da Nang, Saigon ... or San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York City, Boston or Philly either come to think about it.
    However we did get a reception, of sorts. And I don't care to recall it.

  • @Dibbid
    @Dibbid 7 місяців тому

    Is that dance music playing in the background?

  • @richardque1036
    @richardque1036 Рік тому +3

    Did eisenhower and other top brass ever paid visit to honor lafayette tomb?

    • @kidfox3971
      @kidfox3971 Рік тому +1

      While French aid to us in the revolution was and is appreciated, it was microscopic compared to what we did for them in both world wars

    • @TheSeattleGamer
      @TheSeattleGamer 10 місяців тому +1

      They did. There are other restored footage showing top US and British brass there. There were salutes and a moment of silence.

  • @missiavu
    @missiavu Рік тому +6

    La même foule parisienne compacte acclamait le maréchal Pétain en visite dans la capitale environ quatre mois auparavant.......

    • @ugolinietienne6343
      @ugolinietienne6343 11 місяців тому

      Pas la même!

    • @missiavu
      @missiavu 11 місяців тому

      Ah bon, @@ugolinietienne6343 ?, la population de Paris avait doublé en quatre mois ?.... D'ailleurs, tu sais, dans l'esprit de beaucoup de ces gens ce n'était pas forcément contradictoire, ils se forçaient à croire encore, contre toute évidence, que Pétain aurait été le "bouclier" de la France quand de Gaulle était son épée...

    • @ugolinietienne6343
      @ugolinietienne6343 11 місяців тому

      Une minorité de fachos. Ou alors ils auraient voté De Gaule en 45?@@missiavu

    • @missiavu
      @missiavu 11 місяців тому

      Tu dois être bien jeune, @@ugolinietienne6343 , pour avoir une vision aussi simpliste, voire caricaturale de cette période, mais enfin, je ne vais pas me mettre à te faire un cours d'Histoire, hein ?....

    • @chrisrobert5252
      @chrisrobert5252 8 місяців тому

      4 mois auparavant la France était devenue résistante, même Mitterrand !

  • @HappyHermitt
    @HappyHermitt 5 місяців тому

    DeGaulle expelled American forces from France, and was called out for the thousands buried there.

  • @tomcummings711
    @tomcummings711 3 місяці тому

    Look and see the Joy on the Faces !

  • @HeatherB81
    @HeatherB81 Рік тому +5

    We’re they throwing up the peace sign?

    • @Thoblom
      @Thoblom Рік тому +7

      V for victory

    • @HeatherB81
      @HeatherB81 Рік тому +2

      @@Thoblom ohhhh! Okay!! I obviously don’t know a lot about that time period! 🫣

    • @gruntforever7437
      @gruntforever7437 Рік тому +4

      @@HeatherB81 Our educational system is a joke. History is now all social agenda not actually what happened. Churchill popularized the V for Victory sign and THAT is what it really means.

    • @northwestprof60
      @northwestprof60 Рік тому

      V for victory

  • @dannywest9256
    @dannywest9256 Рік тому +6

    Amazing 🇺🇸 Let’s Go

  • @ciroalb3
    @ciroalb3 7 місяців тому

    there was certainly gratitude, but I think above all, delight to see all the equipment such as the Germans never had, endless amounts, that
    would defeat the Nazis.

  • @lecturarapidayeficaz6267
    @lecturarapidayeficaz6267 7 місяців тому

    I was born in december in 1944 . Tree months later .

  • @andreaantonioli5649
    @andreaantonioli5649 10 місяців тому +1

    Ci tengono in recinti svegliamoci da questo cinema hollywoodiano !

  • @ralphraffles1394
    @ralphraffles1394 Рік тому +7

    This is the parade that the British were not invited to.

    • @kilua69
      @kilua69 Рік тому +1

      Canada too

    • @juliemerritt5144
      @juliemerritt5144 Рік тому +2

      @ralphraffles2394 sad about that. But maybe it is because we and France have a special connection. They helped us get Independence from England. And maybe if some of you including in Canada stop trying to minimize our contributions in ww2.

    • @gordonayres2609
      @gordonayres2609 Рік тому +1

      That is not relevant. At the time the British Forces were involved in fighting in other localility -either to the North and went on to liberate Belgium and only some of the Netherlands. It was not time to make a big party like this as the Germans were only just out of Paris -but it was impossible to avoid letting the Parisians celebrate like this. A day or so before Snipers were shooting into crowds like this despite the German surrender.

    • @seattlewa8500
      @seattlewa8500 10 місяців тому +1

      @@kilua69Perhaps because it was US and French troops that liberated Paris. British and Canadian troops liberated other cities.

    • @ahmedaldmerdash7465
      @ahmedaldmerdash7465 10 місяців тому

      البريطانيين رغم عدم حبي لهم ولكنهم للحق اولي بأس

  • @ciroalb3
    @ciroalb3 Рік тому

    it is the motorized vehicles - and gas that would have been impressive. The Germans had nothing like it, they often
    used horses to draw their cars and trucks

  • @ThEmAnOnAmIsSiOn100
    @ThEmAnOnAmIsSiOn100 7 місяців тому

    1:26 looks an awful lot like Lee Miller

  • @thegamingchef3304
    @thegamingchef3304 9 місяців тому

    Crazy to think 98% of the people in this video are dead and gone.

  • @RStevenPage
    @RStevenPage 9 місяців тому

    They just got liberated, but didn't want Algeria to be liberated. Go figure.

  • @francisleclaire180
    @francisleclaire180 Рік тому +10

    Ne pas oublier les soviétiques qui ont battu les allemands sur le front de l'Est. Ils ont perdu des millions de soldats et de civils. Sans eux, je ne suis pas sûr que les alliés de l'ouest auraient pu gagner la guerre sans les soviétiques.

    • @PrimalRage-om8uz
      @PrimalRage-om8uz Рік тому +1

      at the very beginning, the Soviets join hands with Germany and invaded Poland. Germany took west Poland, Soviets took east Poland. Fascist Nazi and Communist Soviets were buddies.
      They only became enemy when Hitler wanted Soviets natural resource. after the war ended, U.S gave money to Britain, Soviet, Germany and France to rebuilt the country. in 2006 Britain pay off debt to U.S 😂😂

    • @kidfox3971
      @kidfox3971 Рік тому

      The Soviets were no different from the Nazis, they lost tens of millions of men because they were incompetent not because they were brave.

    • @chrisrobert5252
      @chrisrobert5252 8 місяців тому

      2 millions de Berlinoises ont été violées par l'Armée Rouge. Deux salles deux ambiances.

  • @christopheleroy5697
    @christopheleroy5697 6 місяців тому

    Parisien collaboration….

  • @14rnr
    @14rnr 7 місяців тому +1

    More than half that crowd were probably Vichy supporters a month earlier.

  • @pauldunne822
    @pauldunne822 9 місяців тому

    Well done usa and Russia for freeing the world of nazis. When the first shot was heard, de gaule ran away and deserted France,he returned when the nazis were ran out of town, giving orders

  • @josephdegrazio2355
    @josephdegrazio2355 7 місяців тому

    The us pulled Frances ass out of two wars. Today France looks down their nose at us. Wtf

    • @makeuthink2120
      @makeuthink2120 5 місяців тому

      The U.S. always showing up towards the end to get the credit.

  • @brianoidperson
    @brianoidperson 9 місяців тому

    People are skinny many with bad teeth. No loud music behind.

  • @ayrplanes
    @ayrplanes Рік тому +2

    That canned chatter is annoying.

  • @Tellheim
    @Tellheim 2 роки тому

    Hiroshima mon amour 🤔

    • @jehouse61
      @jehouse61 Рік тому +3

      Tu n'as rien vu a Hiroshima.

    • @Tellheim
      @Tellheim Рік тому

      @@jehouse61 Regard le film Hiroshima mon amour d'Alain Resnais 1959 ...
      Cordiales salutations d'Autriche 🇦🇹

    • @kidfox3971
      @kidfox3971 Рік тому

      100% deserved, maybe don't bomb our ships if you don't want to get bombed back.

  • @Хасан-в6д9щ
    @Хасан-в6д9щ Рік тому

    Блин только про сопротивление не надо....как вы четыре года сапоги немцам лизали... Шарлемань твою....