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How the liberation of France shaped the modern world

How the liberation of France shaped the modern world

Update: 2025-05-01
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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



Engelsberg Ideas is funded by the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit.



Image: Parisians gather around the Arc de Triomphe as Allied forces liberate the city. Credit: RBM Vintage Images / Alamy Stock Photo.
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How the liberation of France shaped the modern world

How the liberation of France shaped the modern world

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