August 8th, 1944  Time to liberate Paris. The Free French Army would lead the way. German Commanders were told by Hitler to 'Fight to the Death', anyone who left Paris alive would not be welcomed back in the Fatherland and would be considered traitors. Here the Oath that had been cast soley to the Fuehrer would pay dividends Adolph hoped. In reality though most saw the war lost, the Allies massive influx of Men and equipment and total control of the Skies could not be wretched away from the Yanks and others. So the Whermachts troops caught between a Rock and a Hard Place. Of course some SS troops were around, they would not be surrendering anyway for the damage they had done was nothing short of Criminal actions killing Civilians by the Thousands. So 'Degaulle drove up to wish His troops the best. American Major Henderson of course had had enough of Degaulle, still He would be there if the call for aid came from High Command. It would.
