yes, but his soldiers did not obey him.
Paris was liberated on august 25, 1944 when the Germans surrendered. France was liberated afterward.
France was freed when Allied armies took Paris on August 25, 1944. Paris was liberated by French General LeClerc's army and the US 4th Infantry Division.
They went south to carry out operation Dragoon. After that they went to Paris and from there they went to the Rhine. See related link below.
The immediate results were that Allied troops broke out of the bocage area and headed for Germany and Paris.
Paris was liberated on 25 th August, 81 days after D-Day.
Paris was the first European capital liberated after D-Day, on 25 August.
The Allies liberted Paris, that is, the British, The American and the French. The first penetration of Parish was made by the French forces under the command of Captain Raymond Dronne just before midnight on August 24, 1944. The next day, August 25, 1944 is considered liberation day when the allied forces marched through Paris To make it clear that Paris had been liberated through the strength of Allied arms, Eisenhower planned to march the 28th Infantry Division through Paris to the front. On August 29, the division made its way through the city. Eisenhower American), Bradley (American), Gerow (French), de Gaulle (French), Koenig (French) and Leclerc (French)the parade from an improvised platform, an upside-down Bailey bridge. Eisenhower had invited Montgomery (British) to attend, but the British general said he was too busy to come.
Paris was liberated first in August 1944.
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No one is sure of the exact date in which the entirity of France was liberated, but Paris was liberated on August 25, 1944.