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The Resistance: The French Fight Against the Nazis

Door Matthew Cobb

Categorie
WO II
Boeknummer
#430433-XF50
Titel
The Resistance: The French Fight Against the Nazis
Auteur
Cobb, Matthew
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
London : Simon & Schuster
Jaar van uitgave
2009
ISBN10
184737123X
ISBN13
9781847371232
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original pictorial boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrations in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting

The French resistance to Nazi occupation during World War II was a struggle in which ordinary people fought for their liberty, despite terrible odds and horrifying repression. Hundreds of thousands of Frenchmen and women carried out an armed struggle against the Nazis, producing underground anti-fascist publications and supplying the Allies with vital intelligence. Based on hundreds of French eye-witness accounts and including recently-released archival material, The Resistanceuses dramatic personal stories to take the reader on one of the great adventures of the 20thcentury. The tale begins with the catastrophic Fall of France in 1940, and shatters the myth of a unified Resistance created by General de Gaulle. In fact, De Gaulle never understood the Resistance, and sought to use, domina... (Lees verder)te and channel it to his own ends. Brave men and women set up organisations, only to be betrayed or hunted down by the Nazis, and to die in front of the firing squad or in the concentration camps. Over time, the true story of the Resistance got blurred and distorted, its heroes and conflicts were forgotten as the movement became a myth. By turns exciting, tragic and insightful, The Resistancereveals how one of the most powerful modern myths came to be forged and provides a gripping account of one of the most striking events in the 20thcentury.
Pagina's
403
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 12,50

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