Paris turns back clock to remember liberation

The tears, the joy and the euphoria that ushered in the liberation of Paris 60 years ago today are on the agenda of a grandiose fete meant to help Parisians relive the day they threw off the shackles of Nazi occupation.

Paris is also honouring its liberators – Resistance fighters who took their clandestine battle to the streets and French and American soldiers whose military might assured victory.