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This week in the War, 18–24 August 1941: Pierre Georges fires the first shot in Nazi-occupied Paris

On 21 August 1941, a German naval adjutant named Alfons Moser was shot and killed at the Barbès-Rochechouart métro station in Paris. The act marked the beginning of an armed struggle against the Nazi occupation. The shot was fired by … Continue reading

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