We well not rest until we march, as we must, into enemy territory as conquerors. You have imporovised your tactics, animated by the strong desire to win, and you have won. In another broadcast the Paris radio said that the German commander had signed the following document, presented by Brig. Arms are stacked. Personnel assemblies without arms at places to be indicated and will await for orders there.
Arms have to be delivered intact.
It was the second time this week that the French Forces of the Interior, had announced the liberation of the capital from four years of German rule. On Wednesday they announced Paris had been freed from within, but later reported that the Germans had repudiated an armistice agreement and resumed fighting. Tonight's announcement followed bitter fighting in the heart of the armored forces of the United States Third Army, which rolled in this morning. At the time of the Paris announcement that the capital had been liberated the German radio was saying that fighting still was raging in the center of the city rang out a welcome. General de Gaulle's chief of national defense, Gen. Alphonse Perre Juin, declared the whole area around the capital a battle zone and barred all traffic into the city.