P Tain Et La France
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Ptain
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Author : Charles Williams
language : en
Publisher: Little Brown GBR
Release Date : 2005
Ptain written by Charles Williams and has been published by Little Brown GBR this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with France categories.
Charles Williams' major biography of Philippe Petain (1856-1951) tells of a peasant who became a Marshal of France and the Head of the Vichy State. A slow climb up the army ranks was leading inexorably to retirement when war broke out. He defended Verdun in 1916 and settled the mutinies in 1917. In May 1940, he realised that France had been defeated and requested an armistice. As head of unoccupied France, he jockeyed between Nazis, Allies and Vichy politicians until, in 1945, he returned to France to be tried for treason. His death sentence was commuted by General de Gaulle to life imprisonment. In recounting Petain's long life, Lord Williams, one of our most notable political biographers, has successfully illustrated the character of an extraordinary man.
Fleeing Hitler
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Author : Hanna Diamond
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2008-09-25
Fleeing Hitler written by Hanna Diamond and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-25 with History categories.
Wednesday 12th June 1940. The Times reported 'thousands upon thousands of Parisians leaving the capital by every possible means, preferring to abandon home and property rather than risk even temporary Nazi domination'. As Hitler's victorious armies approached Paris, the French government abandoned the city and its people, leaving behind them an atmosphere of panic. Roads heading south filled with ordinary people fleeing for their lives with whatever personal possessions they could carry, often with no particular destination in mind. During the long, hard journey, this mass exodus of predominantly women, children, and the elderly, would face constant bombings, machine gun attacks, and even starvation. Using eyewitness accounts, memoirs, and diaries, Hanna Diamond shows how the disruption this exodus brought to the lives of civilians and soldiers alike made it a defining experience of the war for the French people. As traumatized populations returned home, preoccupied by the desire for safety and bewildered by the unexpected turn of events, they put their faith in Marshall Pétain who was able to establish his collaborative Vichy regime largely unopposed, while the Germans consolidated their occupation. Watching events unfold on the other side of the channel, British ministers looked on with increasing horror, terrified that Britain could be next.
When France Fell
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Author : Michael S. Neiberg
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2021-10-19
When France Fell written by Michael S. Neiberg and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-19 with History categories.
Shocked by the fall of France in 1940, panicked US leaders rushed to back the Vichy governmentÑa fateful decision that nearly destroyed the AngloÐAmerican alliance. According to US Secretary of War Henry Stimson, the Òmost shocking single eventÓ of World War II was not the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, but rather the fall of France in spring 1940. Michael Neiberg offers a dramatic history of the American responseÑa policy marked by panic and moral ineptitude, which placed the United States in league with fascism and nearly ruined the alliance with Britain. The successful Nazi invasion of France destabilized American plannersÕ strategic assumptions. At home, the result was huge increases in defense spending, the advent of peacetime military conscription, and domestic spying to weed out potential fifth columnists. Abroad, the United States decided to work with Vichy France despite its pro-Nazi tendencies. The USÐVichy partnership, intended to buy time and temper the flames of war in Europe, severely strained AngloÐAmerican relations. American leaders naively believed that they could woo men like Philippe Ptain, preventing France from becoming a formal German ally. The British, however, understood that Vichy was subservient to Nazi Germany and instead supported resistance figures such as Charles de Gaulle. After the war, the choice to back Vichy tainted USÐFrench relations for decades. Our collective memory of World War II as a period of American strength overlooks the desperation and faulty decision making that drove US policy from 1940 to 1943. Tracing the key diplomatic and strategic moves of these formative years, When France Fell gives us a more nuanced and complete understanding of the war and of the global position the United States would occupy afterward.
A Gazetteer Of France
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Author : Clement Cruttwell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1793
A Gazetteer Of France written by Clement Cruttwell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1793 with France categories.
Art Of The Defeat
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Author : Laurence Bertrand Dorléac
language : en
Publisher: Getty Publications
Release Date : 2008
Art Of The Defeat written by Laurence Bertrand Dorléac and has been published by Getty Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Art categories.
"Art of the Defeat offers an unflinching look at the pivotal role art played in France during the German occupation. It begins with Adolf Hitler's staging of the armistice at Rethondes and moves across the dark years - analyzing the official junket by French artists to Germany, the exhibition of Arno Breker's colossi in Paris, the looting of the state museums and Jewish collections, the glorification of Philippe P?tain and a pure national identity, the demonization of modernists and foreigners, and the range of responses by artists and artisans. The sum is a pioneering expos? of the deployment of art and ideology to hold the heart of darkness at bay"--Page 4 of cover.
A System Of Geography Including Also The Elements Of Astronomy
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Author : Thomas Ewing (of Edinburgh.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1868
A System Of Geography Including Also The Elements Of Astronomy written by Thomas Ewing (of Edinburgh.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1868 with categories.
The History Of France From The Accession Of Henry The Third To The Death Of Louis The Fourteenth Preceded By A View Of The Civil Military And Political State Of Europe Between The Middle And The Close Of The Sixteenth Century From The Accession Of Henry The Third To The Death Of Henry The Fourth
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Author : sir Nathaniel William Wraxall (1st bart.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1814
The History Of France From The Accession Of Henry The Third To The Death Of Louis The Fourteenth Preceded By A View Of The Civil Military And Political State Of Europe Between The Middle And The Close Of The Sixteenth Century From The Accession Of Henry The Third To The Death Of Henry The Fourth written by sir Nathaniel William Wraxall (1st bart.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1814 with categories.
Hitler S Gift To France
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Author : Georges Poisson
language : en
Publisher: Enigma Books
Release Date : 2008
Hitler S Gift To France written by Georges Poisson and has been published by Enigma Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.
In the dead of the winter of 1940, Hitler decided to return from its burial place in Vienna the ashes of Napoleon II, known as the "Aiglon," the only son of the emperor Napoleon. The gesture was intended to win the support of the French people, but only managed to precipitate a political crisis at Vichy, where Marshal P�tain ordered the pro-German Deputy Prime Minister Pierre Laval arrested. Based on new research and previously unknown documents, the author, historian Georges Poisson, at last sheds light on an incident most historians--including Robert O. Paxton--have been at a loss to explain.
An Historical And Chronological Deduction Of The Origin Of Commerce
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Author : Adam Anderson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1801
An Historical And Chronological Deduction Of The Origin Of Commerce written by Adam Anderson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1801 with Commerce categories.
A Collection Of Treaties Between Great Britain And Other Powers
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Author : Great Britain
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1790
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