German+Occupation+of+Rouen+in+WWII

=German Occupation of Rouen in WWII= Rouen was occupied by the Germans starting in June of 1940. After capturing France, the Germans set up a base in Rouen in a chateau, which became what is now known as the Rouen Business School. During the time between June, 1940 and the end of the war, the city had suffered severe damage throughout the entire four years that it was captured, along with the thousands of people living in it at the time.

Most of the stuff that went down in Rouen were battles and bombings by the Allied forces, but other events that caused damage to city occurred as well. At one point, a fire started in the area between the Notre Dame Cathedral and the Seine river burned for 48 hours since the Germans forbade firemen access to extinguish the flames. Other areas were destroyed by the Germans or in fires between March and August 1944, just before the Battle of Normandy, which ended on the left bank of the Seine river with the destruction of several regiments of the German 7th Army. During the bombings by the Allies, Rouen's cathedral and several other significant monuments were damaged as well.

After WWII, the people in Rouen set out to restore what they could of the city they loved. Now, in the 21st century, the people of Rouen are living normal everyday lives, and city isn't in shambles anymore. It's just like living in any other city, except for all the tourists coming to see the Rouen cathedral which, sadly, couldn't be restored.