Is Paris Burning? () was a demand said to have been directed by Adolf Hitler at his military governor of Paris, General

Dietrich von Choltitz Dietrich Hugo Hermann von Choltitz (; 9 November 1894 – 5 November 1966) was a German general. Sometimes referred to as the Saviour of Paris, he served in the Wehrmacht (armed forces) of Nazi Germany during World War II, as well as serving i ...

, or in another account at Hitler's chief of staff, General

Alfred Jodl Alfred Josef Ferdinand Jodl (; born Alfred Josef Baumgärtler; 10 May 1890 – 16 October 1946) was a German Wehrmacht Heer, Army ''Generaloberst'' (the rank was equal to a four-star full general) and War crime, war criminal, who served as th ...

, in August 1944 as Paris was falling to the

Allies An alliance is a relationship among people, groups, or states that have joined together for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose, whether or not an explicit agreement has been worked out among them. Members of an alliance are calle ...

. The phrase can refer to : * ''Is Paris Burning?'' (book), a 1965 history of the Liberation of Paris by Collins and Lapierre * ''Is Paris Burning?'' (film), a 1966 French dramatization of the book directed by René Clément

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