France and the Second World War

France and the Second World War is a concise introduction to a crucial and controversial period of French history. During World War Two, France suffered the dramatic experience of occupation by the Germans and the legacy of this traumatic time has lived on until today, to the enduring fascination of [...]
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France and the Second World War is a concise introduction to a crucial and controversial period of French history. During World War Two, France suffered the dramatic experience of occupation by the Germans and the legacy of this traumatic time has lived on until today, to the enduring fascination of historians and students. France and the Second World War provides a fresh balanced insight into the events of this era of conflict, exploring the key themes of: occupation as a social, economic and political phenomenon the Vichy regime and the politics of collaboration the resistance, resistors and their ideology the liberation the legacy of the wartime period.