coltus immediately knew. he said the allies are here.he rang up headquarters, held the phone up so they can hear. montrÉal he said the french and the americans are moving into at the city. when morning came on august 25, the next day, the clouds and rain showers of the previous day dissipated. many of the germans in the city recognized the game was essentially up. they began withdrawing to the eastern side, almost like montrÉal a receding tide. by midmorning, french and at american columns were moving through the streets of paris almost like rivers of iron and steel. some vehicles with white that american stars on them. others with a silhouette of france with the cross of lorraine superimposed over the map. but, all the germans had not left. so fighting continued between german tanks and at german infantry and the resistance forces in urban combat from the champs at d'elysee, around the arc de triomphe, around the louvre museum. at 12:30, the french flag appeared above the eiffel tower. we can only imagine what went through parisians'min