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Diamond Hanna <1962-> |
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Titolo |
Fleeing Hitler [[electronic resource] ] : France, 1940 / / Hanna Diamond |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-14690-0 |
9786611146900 |
0-19-151744-5 |
1-4294-9852-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (272 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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World War, 1939-1945 - Refugees - France |
World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - France |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [220]-245) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; List of Maps; List of Illustrations; The Refugees; Paris, June 1940; PART I: EXODUS; 1. The Invasion of Paris; 2. On the Road; PART II: REACTIONS TO DEFEAT; 3. Death of the Third Republic; 4. The People's Decisions; PART III: HOME OR EXILE; 5. Summer–Autumn 1940; 6. Back to 'Normal'?; Afterword: Forgetting and Remembering the Exodus; Notes; Further Reading; Acknowledgements; Index; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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'. As Hitler's victorious armies approached Paris, the French government |
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