Both world wars took a heavy toll on the city's inhabitants, but at least hitler's order to burn the city was ignored by the german general von choltitz, who was quite possibly convinced by a swedish diplomat that it would be better to surrender and be remembered as the saviour of paris, rather than its destroyer.
Labada dagaal ee adduunka saameyn weyn ayey ku yeesheen dadka magaalada degan, laakiin ugu yaraan amarkii Hitler ee ahaa in magaalada la gubo waxaa iska indha tiray Jeneralka Jarmalka von von Choltitz, oo ay macquul tahay inuu ku qanciyay diblomaasi Swedish ah inay ka fiicnaan laheyd is dhiibida oo lagu xasuusto sidii badbaadiyihii Paris, halkii uu ka ahaan lahaa baabbi'iyihii.