La Nueve 24 August 1944. The Spanish Republicans Who Liberated Paris

La Nueve 24 August 1944: The Spanish Republicans Who Liberated Paris

Author Evelyn Mesquida uncovers the history of 'La Nueve' - survivors of the Spanish Revolution and the civil war against Franco who, having enlisted in the Free French army, were integral to the liberation of Paris in August 1944 and went on to liberate Alsace and Lorraine, and continued to fight through Germany to the Nazi heartland in the Bavarian Alps.

Book, 256 pages