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 ...

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

Alfred Jodl Alfred Josef Ferdinand Jodl (; 10 May 1890 – 16 October 1946) was a German ''Generaloberst'' who served as the chief of the Operations Staff of the '' Oberkommando der Wehrmacht'' – the German Armed Forces High Command – throughout World ...

, in August 1944 as Paris was falling to the Allies. 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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