Liberation of Paris 1944: Patton's Race for the Seine

In July 1944 of World War II (1939-1945), Operation Cobra broke the
stalemate in Normandy and sent the Allies racing across France. The
Allied commanders ignored Paris in their planning for this campaign,
considering that the risk of intense street fighting and heavy
casualties outweighed the city's strategic importance. However, Charles
de Gaulle persuaded the Allied commanders to take direct action to
liberate his nation's capital.
Steven J Zaloga first describes the operations of Patton's Third Army as
it advanced towards Paris before focusing on the actions of the
Resistance forces inside the city and of the Free French armored
division that fought its way in and joined up with them to liberate it
on August 24. De Gaulle could then proclaim, "Paris liberated!" and one
of the world's loveliest cities had survived Hitler's strident command
that it should be held at all costs or reduced to rubble.