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Paris at war, 1939-1944 /

Chronicles the lives of ordinary Parisians during World War II, from September 1939 when France went to war with Nazi Germany to liberation in August 1944. Relive the fearful exodus from the city as the German army neared the capital, the relief and disgust felt when the armistice was signed, and th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Drake, David, 1946-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: the road to war, September 1938-September 1939
  • The phoney war, 3 September 1939-10 May 1940
  • Blitzkrieg and exodus, 10 May 1940-14 June 1940
  • Parisians and Germans, Germans and Parisians
  • Paris, German capital of France
  • Unemployment, rationing, Vichy against Jews, Montoire
  • From mass street protest to the "fuhrer's generous gesture"
  • Protests, pillaging, "v" for victory, the first roundup of Jews
  • Resistance and repression
  • Resistance, punishment, allied bombs, and deportation
  • SS seizure of security, the yellow star, the vel'd'hiv' roundup, la releve
  • Denunciations, distractions, deprivations
  • Labour conscription, resistance, the French gestapo
  • Anti-Bolshevism, black market, more bombs, Drancy
  • A serial killer on the run, Petain in Paris, the milice on the rampage, the allies on their way
  • The liberation of Paris
  • Conclusion.