Ambushing the Warheads WTO (id:#62884)

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Paris, France 1944-08-24 (13 others)

Overview:

General Cholitz, the German commander of Paris, was under orders from Hitler himself to destroy Paris much the same way Warsaw was currently being systematically destroyed. The only major source of explosives available to the German garrison was the Kriegsmarine torpedo depot in St. Cloud. Using the explosives in the torpedo warheads would give the Germans enough destructive power to raze all important infrastructure and cultural structures in the city. However, since the start of the uprising (19 August) the Germans did not have complete freedom of movement in the city and getting explosives from the depot to the engineers at the bridges and important buildings was an extremely challenging task. On 24 August, the Germans sent several shipments of warheads to the engineers waiting to demolish the Chamber of Deputies.

Defender: Partisan (FFI) (Paris Forces Françaises de I'Intérieur)  

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