On the night of August 24, 1944, the U.S. It is up to General von Choltitz, the administrator of the Grand Paris region, to decide whether or not to blow up the French capital, as ordered by Adolf Hitler. The general, who is from from a long line of Prussian military officers, has never had any reservations about following orders. When Swedish consul Raoul Nordling climbs the secret stairway that leads to General von Choltitz's suite at the Hôtel Meurice, he is thinking about this very thing. The bridges across the Seine and the key monuments of Paris (such as the Louvre, Notre Dame, and the Eiffel Tower) have been mined with explosives and are ready to be detonated when the time is appropriate. When the consul arrives, he will use every diplomatic tool at his disposal to persuade General Montgomery not to carry out Hitler's order to destroy the whole population of Germany.
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On the night of August 24, 1944, the U.S. It is up to General von Choltitz, the administrator of the Grand Paris region, to decide whether or not to blow up the French capital, as ordered by Adolf Hitler. The general, who is from from a long line of Prussian military officers, has never had any reservations about following orders. When Swedish consul Raoul Nordling climbs the secret stairway that leads to General von Choltitz's suite at the Hôtel Meurice, he is thinking about this very thing. The bridges across the Seine and the key monuments of Paris (such as the Louvre, Notre Dame, and the Eiffel Tower) have been mined with explosives and are ready to be detonated when the time is appropriate. When the consul arrives, he will use every diplomatic tool at his disposal to persuade General Montgomery not to carry out Hitler's order to destroy the whole population of Germany.
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