Paris celebrates the 75th anniversary of its liberation. On the 25th August 1944, after an uprising of the French Resistance the previous days and a first entering in the evening of the 24th by elements of the French 2nd Armored Division, troops of General Leclerc entered Paris by the \u201cPorte d\u2019Orl\u00e9ans\u201d. In the east of Paris, the American 4th Infantry Division entered through the \u201cPorte d\u2019Italie\u201d. After a few fights, surrender is signed and Paris is free, after an occupation of four years. To commemorate these events, several ceremonies were held through the city as well as a big parade that started from the \u201cPorte d\u2019Orl\u00e9ans\u201d.<\/p>\n
For the occasion, UNIVEM brought a lot of vehicles. Our Sherman was there, in the markins of the \u201cRomilly\u201d, the first tank to enter Paris in August 1944. Other vehicles were of course there: the three Half-Tracks, the International H542, the Ward-La-France M1A1, the Scout-Car, the GMC CCKW dumper and cargo, the Dodge WC 51, 56 and 58, and of course the Jeep in the markings of the French 2nd Armored Division! Jeeps from association\u2019s members completed the convoy that left Satory at 8:00 to be at \u201cPortes d\u2019Orl\u00e9ans\u201d at 9:00, next to the memorial that honors General Leclerc.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t