Did Hitler order the Eiffel Tower to be destroyed?

And why should the Wehrmacht have destroyed the Eiffel Tower when it was also their main centre of radio communication both by propaganda ... ... The Wehrmacht did not leave Paris. The Paris garrison .... He chose not to do so, disobeying Hitler's direct order and instead surrendering the city to the Free French Forces. read more

A : Adolf Hitler did not order for destruction of Eiffel Tower. In fact he said that after the war is over Germany will have even bigger structures than this tower. Adolf Hitler was an artist, by heart, and he did not destroy any beautiful structure in Paris. read more

Best Answer: Hitler did order his generals to destroy all of Paris including the Eiffel Tower just before the fall of the city to the Allies. The generals knowing that they were losing the war and would have to face war crime trials told Hitler they had but didn't destroy anything. read more

When Paris fell to German occupation on June 14, 1940, French resistance fighters allegedly cut the elevator cables to the Eiffel Tower. This meant that if Hitler wanted to hoist a swastika flag, a soldier would have to climb the roughly 1710 stairs to the summit platform. read more

The Allies were nearing Paris and Hitler ordered General Dietrich von Cholitz, who was at that point newly-appointed military governor of Paris, to demolish all Parisian religious and historical monuments, the Eiffel Tower included. read more