In the Liberation of Paris, many French resistance fighters were killed in street fighting in the Kutan region, leaving bodies scattered along the roadside. In World War II, Allied forces landed in Normandy, France on June 6, 1944. The Allied forces prioritized the invasion of Germany and bypassed Paris to avoid self-destruction and collapse. The Free French Army holding Paris recognized the liberation of Paris on August 16, 1944. from August 19 to August 25, 1944, they fought the Nazi German forces who had occupied Paris since June 22, 1940. on August 25, the Nazi German garrison signed a surrender at the Hôtel Moulis hotel.
Until August 25, 1944, when the Nazi Germans surrendered, General Leclerc of the Free French Army provided the Resistance with the necessary force to reduce the area where the Germans could counterattack. Quite often, the Free French Army insurgents and the Resistance combined forces to fight the Germans in sometimes fierce battles. They fought in the Palace of Luxembourg, where the French Senate building was located, the barracks in Place de la Republique, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Ministry of Marine in Paris, which were occupied by the SS of Nazi Germany. To liberate Paris, the Free French Army troops lost about 130 dead and 329 wounded. Thousands of resistance insurgents were killed, and about 2,000 civilians were killed in the fighting. Nazi German military losses were estimated at about 2,800 dead. Charles de Gaulle, with the support and help of "all France, fighting France, the only France, the real France, the eternal France, liberated by its people! he said in a speech at the War Ministry in Paris on August 25. On August 26, the Free French Army marched from the Champs-Elysées to the Place de la Concorde, still under sniper fire from German soldiers hiding on rooftops, and celebrated at Notre Dame Cathedral. On August 29, American troops marched down the Champs-Elysees, completely liberating Paris.
