WorldCat Linked Data Explorer

Turtle N-Triple JSON-LD RDF/XML HTML Contact Us Home

http://worldcat.org/entity/work/id/795572058

Fleeing Hitler : France 1940

Using eyewitness accounts, memoirs, and diaries, this work shows how the disruption the exodus brought to the lives of civilians and soldiers alike made it a defining experience of the war for the French people. It also highlights how they put their faith in Marshall Petain who was able to establish his collaborative Vichy regime unopposed.

Open All Close All

type

about

http://schema.org/about

author

contributor

creator

description

http://schema.org/description

  • "Using eyewitness accounts, memoirs, and diaries, this work shows how the disruption the exodus brought to the lives of civilians and soldiers alike made it a defining experience of the war for the French people. It also highlights how they put their faith in Marshall Petain who was able to establish his collaborative Vichy regime unopposed."@en
  • "Maps x -- Illustrations xi -- The Refugees xii -- Introduction Paris: June 1940 1 -- Part I Exodus -- 1. The Invasion of Paris 15 -- 2. On the Road 53 -- Part II Reactions to Defeat -- 3. Death of the Third Republic 89 -- 4. The Peoples Decisions 112 -- Part III Home or Exile -- 5. SummerAutumn 1940 139 -- 6. Back to Normal? 170 -- Afterword: Forgetting and Remembering the Exodus 203 -- Notes 220 -- Further Reading 241 -- Acknowledgements 246."
  • "The author presents an account of how the fall of France in 1940 affected the lives of ordinary French people, and how it became a defining experience for France in the 20th century."
  • "The first ever account of how the fall of France to the Germans in 1940 affected the lives of ordinary French people. Using eyewitness accounts, Hanna Diamond tells a story of mass exodus, defeat, humiliation, and occupation - opening the way for the triumph of the Vichy regime under Marshal P--eacute--;tain. - ;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'."@en

genre

http://schema.org/genre

  • "Personal narratives"
  • "History"
  • "Ressources Internet"
  • "Electronic books"@en

name

http://schema.org/name

  • "Fleeing Hitler France, 1940"
  • "Fleeing Hitler : France, 1940"
  • "Fleeing Hitler : France 1940"@en
  • "Fleeing Hitler : France 1940"
  • "France 1940"@en
  • "Fleeing Hitler France 1940"@en
  • "Fleeing Hitler France 1940"

workExample