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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818667803321

Autore

Diamond Hanna <1962->

Titolo

Fleeing Hitler : France, 1940 / / Hanna Diamond

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

1-383-00284-3

1-281-14690-0

9786611146900

0-19-151744-5

1-4294-9852-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

940.53/44

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Refugees - France

World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - France

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2007.

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 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.