>>16942759Why would Hitler bomb German occupied territory, you stupid bastard? And the Pole is right, Hitler issued an order calling for the destruction of the city instead of making it an open city like Rome.
>On the 23 August, Hitler gave the order to destroy the city by cable: "Paris must not pass into the enemy's hands, except as a field of ruins." ("Paris darf nicht oder nur als Trümmerfeld in die Hand des Feindes fallen"),[12] after which explosives were laid at various bridges and monuments (which later had to be de-mined[13]).>With the arrival of Allied troops on the edge of the city at dawn the next day on the 24th, Choltitz made the decision not to destroy the city, and on 25 August, surrendered the German garrison, not to the Supreme Allied Command, but rather to representatives of the provisional government, the Free French.[10] Because Hitler's directive was not carried out, Choltitz is often seen as the "Saviour of Paris".[14][15] 