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Eiffel Tower

Von Choltitz disobeyed the order

Aug, 1944
Paris, France

When the Allies were nearing Paris in August 1944, Hitler ordered General Dietrich von Choltitz, the military governor of Paris, to demolish the tower along with the rest of the city. Von Choltitz disobeyed the order.


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