Patrick Bishop’s fascinating account of the liberation of Paris. On April 28 1944, thousands of French people gathered in the city centre to applaud Marshal Philippe Pétain, head of the ...

De Gaulle’s oration, according to Patrick Bishop, author of Paris 1944: Occupation, Resistance, Liberation was “only lightly ...

cinematic account of the liberation of Paris, in time for its 80th anniversary. Bishop’s purpose is an “attempt to tell it truly while never denying the power and authenticity of the myth” of the 11 ...