DEADLINE RELATED VIDEO: Further highlights of Arestrup’s career included Volker Schlöndorff ‘s Diplomacy, in which he played General Dietrich von Choltitz, the real-life German military ...

About 3pm, the German commander, General Dietrich von Choltitz, surrendered. “Everyone who came on to the street got a gun. Kids dug up the roads, people threw down beds, furniture, anything to ...

At about 3 p.m., the German commander, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz, surrendered. "Everyone who came on to the street got a gun. Kids dug up the roads, people threw down beds, furniture, anything to ...

Perhaps few beyond those who know their national histories could cite the names Philippe Leclerc or Dietrich von Choltitz, for instance. But they played important roles in shaping events during ...

On 25 August 1944, after a week of strikes, barricades and street battles, the capital welcomed General Charles de Gaulle, the leader of France's provisional government in exile, after four years ...

Their fears were justified. Just a few weeks earlier, Adolf Hitler had ordered Dietrich von Choltitz, his top general in Paris, to “stamp out” any insurrection “without pity.” Since then ...

After the war, the German commander in Paris, General Dietrich von Choltitz, claimed to be the hero who saved the city by daring to defy Hitler's instruction to raze it. And indeed he had stalled ...

Hundman cites the August 1944 example of German General Dietrich von Choltitz, who defied Hitler’s command to reduce Paris to rubble by falsifying documents, issuing fake orders to fool ...