Occupation: The Ordeal of France 1940-1944

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Rowman & Littlefield, Apr 3, 2000 - History - 384 pages
France was slow and somewhat ineffectual in organizing resistance movement. In Occupation Ian Ousby challenges the myth that France was liberated " by the whole of France." The author explores the Nazi occupation of France with superb detail and eyewitness accounts that range from famous figures like Simone de Beauvoir, Charles de Gaulle, Andre Gide, Jean-Paul Sartre and Gertrude Stein to ordinary citizens, forgotten heroes and traitors.
 

Contents

PROLOGUE Verdun and Its Legacy
1
PART I The Fall of France and the Path of Collaboration
19
PART II The Shameful Peace
107
PART III Resistance and Liberation
195
EPILOGUE Division and Its Aftermath
297
Sources and Further Reading
315
Chronology
322
Acknowledgements
335
Index
336
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