La Nueve, the Forgotten Men of the 9th Company
★ 7.5 · 2010 · 53m · Documentary · History · War
The story of the Spanish Republicans of La Nueve, the 9th Company of the Régiment de marche du Tchad, part of the French 2nd Armored Division, known as Leclerc Division, whose troops were the first who entered Nazi-occupied Paris on August 24, 1944.
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