Paris at war, 1939-1944
Record details
- ISBN: 0674495896
- ISBN: 9780674495890
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (viii, 545 pages, 26 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
remote - Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2015.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 491-503) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
Restrictions on Access Note: | NLC staff and students only. |
Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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Subject: | Paris World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Paris France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 Paris (France) -- History -- 1940-1944 |
Genre: | Electronic books. History. History. |