France 100 Francs Silver coin 1994 Liberation of Paris 1944

France 100 Francs Silver coin 1994 General de Gaulle Liberation of Paris

Commemorative issue: 50th Anniversary of the Liberation of Paris

Obverse: General de Gaulle and his entourage proudly stroll down the Champs Élysées to Notre Dame Cathedral for a Te Deum ceremony following the city's liberation on 25 August 1944.
Lettering: DESCENTE DES CHAMPS-ÉLYSÉES · 26 AOÚT 1944.

Reverse: Battle scene M4 Sherman tank in front of Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral, denomination below.
Lettering: LIBÉRATION DE PARIS RF 1994 100F ROMILLY.

Metal: Silver (.900).
Weight: 15 g.
Diameter: 31 mm.
Thickness: 2.30 mm.

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Liberation of Paris
The Liberation of Paris (also known as the Battle for Paris) was a military combat that took place during World War II from 19 August 1944 until the German garrison surrendered the French capital on 25 August 1944. Paris had been ruled by Nazi Germany since the signing of the Second Compiègne Armistice on 22 June 1940, after which the Wehrmacht occupied northern and western France.
  The liberation began when the French Forces of the Interior — the military structure of the French Resistance — staged an uprising against the German garrison upon the approach of the US Third Army, led by General George Patton. On the night of 24 August, elements of General Philippe Leclerc's 2nd French Armoured Division (the Régiment de marche du Tchad, a mechanised infantry unit led by Captain Raymond Dronne and composed primarily of exiled Spanish republicans), made its way into Paris and arrived at the Hôtel de Ville shortly before midnight. The next morning, 25 August, the bulk of the 2nd Armored Division and US 4th Infantry Division entered the city. Dietrich von Choltitz, commander of the German garrison and the military governor of Paris, surrendered to the French at the Hôtel Meurice, the newly established French headquarters, while General Charles de Gaulle arrived to assume control of the city as head of the Provisional Government of the French Republic.