1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458340003321

Autore

Diamond Hanna <1962->

Titolo

Fleeing Hitler [[electronic resource] ] : France, 1940 / / Hanna Diamond

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

1-281-14690-0

9786611146900

0-19-151744-5

1-4294-9852-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Disciplina

940.53/44

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Refugees - France

World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - France

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [220]-245) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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;

Sommario/riassunto

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



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910706242003321

Autore

Smith Patsy Beckstead

Titolo

Foraminifera of the Monterey Shale and Puente Formation, Santa Ana Mountains and San Juan Capistrano area, California / / by Patsy Beckstead Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington : , : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, , 1960

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (37 unnumbered pages, 3 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Geological Survey professional paper ; ; 294-M

Shorter contributions to general geology

Soggetti

Foraminifera, Fossil - California - Orange County

Paleontology - Miocene

Paleontology - California - Orange County

Foraminifera, Fossil

Miocene Geologic Epoch

Paleontology

San Juan Capistrano (Calif.)

Santa Ana Mountains (Calif.)

California Orange County

California San Juan Capistrano

California Santa Ana Mountains

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed September 26, 2014).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (page 491) and index.