How the liberation of France shaped the modern world

01/05/2025 17 min
How the liberation of France shaped the modern world

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Agnès Poirier, journalist and broadcaster, examines how the liberation of France in 1944 opened the way for Paris to become a laboratory of ideas. Read by Helen Lloyd.

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The liberation of France made the modern world | Agnès Poirier

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Image: Parisians gather around the Arc de Triomphe as Allied forces liberate the city. Credit: RBM Vintage Images / Alamy Stock Photo.