#VEDay, 75 years ago today, marked the end of WW2 in Europe. But for many, the beginning of the end had started some months earlier: “On 18 August the Cartier firm closed until further notice” the head Cartier Paris salesman wrote in 1944. “The Germans occupied the Place de la Concorde and the Tuileries and fired on all the passers-by who wanted to cross over.” A few days later, the French Resistance and Allies advanced into Paris under the cover of darkness.
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