The Lost Power Point Slides: Liberation of Paris Edition

Charles De Gaulle presents “A French-Made Liberation” (slide 5)

• Paris! Outraged Paris! Broken Paris! Martyred Paris, but liberated Paris!
• Liberated by the people of Paris with help from the armies of France.
• Also with the help and support of the whole of France.
• Yep, just France.

Charles De Gaulle presents “A French-Made Liberation” (slide 6)

• Only France fought. Really. Nobody else.
• Who are those ranks of Americans? Tourists! The Tourists are Returning!
• Ignore them. Those English yobs too. Long live France.
• France France France France France France France France!

[Slide wipe when when his head explodes.]

German Military Governor Dietrich von Choltitz Explains Why Paris Not a Second Stalingrad (first slide)

• Didn’t want to wreck Paris. Paris is nice.
• Except for the waiters, of course.
• And the shopkeepers.
• And any person in the service industry, actually.
• However, they are quite accommodating if you have a gun.

Fact checking:
Liberation of Paris, August 25, 1944 [Wikipedia] | DeGaulle’s actual speech