#OtD 21 Aug 1944 the Maquis uprising took place in Paris where more than 4,000 Spanish exiles took up arms against the occupying Nazi regime. Spanish civil war veterans were also the first external troops to enter the capital to liberate it. Learn more: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9351/the-paris-insurrection?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon