In which war? Germany and France have been at war more times than just the World Wars, and the Germans have overrun Paris before.
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Paris was not taken by the Germans (or anyone else) in World War 1 (1914-18). I wonder if you are thinking of World War 2 (1939-45).
The Marne River in France. It was about sixty miles from Paris and it was twice the location of a final and successful defensive stand to keep the Germans out of Paris.
1941-1943 the germans were pushing towards russian in operation barbarossa, and they were also pushing further and further into france and they eventually took paris. in 1943 the russian operation failed the germans because of the T-34 tank the russians used .
Lt. Colonel Wise
Lt. Colonel Wise: His battalion had stopped the Germans at their closest point to Paris.
Americans stopped Germans in the small village of Château-Their on the road to Paris in WW1. Château-Their is about 50 miles outside of Paris.
The name of the battalion that was formed from the Basque units at the Normandy landing and the liberation of Paris was Guernica Battalion.
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The closest of any size would be Saarbrücken.
The city of Paris was about 18 miles away from German forces at the point of their closest approach during World War II.
The Paris gun made by the Germans in WWI.
paris charles de gaual
The Marne was a strategic point on the German road to Paris. Both Battles of the Marne kept the Germans from crossing the river and continuing on to take Paris. Had Paris been captured, France would have fallen.
Paris was liberated on august 25, 1944 when the Germans surrendered. France was liberated afterward.
Its inside Paris