LEADER 03019nam 2200541 a 450 001 9910511374703321 005 20170816112225.0 010 $a1-283-11665-0 010 $a9786613116659 010 $a1-4411-0662-6 035 $a(CKB)2670000000083374 035 $a(EBL)692804 035 $a(OCoLC)726734877 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000525191 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12175946 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000525191 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10488320 035 $a(PQKB)11628704 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC692804 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000083374 100 $a20110614d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe RAF's French Foreign Legion 1940-45$b[electronic resource] $eDe Gaulle, the British and the re-emergence of French air power /$fG.H. Bennett 210 $aLondon $cContinuum$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (284 p.) 225 1 $aContinuum studies in military history 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4411-6535-5 311 $a1-4411-8978-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Debacle of May-June 1940; Chapter 2: Free France in Africa; Chapter 3: The Battle of Britain and the 13 Apostles of Charles de Gaulle; Chapter 4: Growth of the Free French Air Force in 1941; Chapter 5: The Birth of 340 (Ile de France) Squadron; Chapter 6: War from the Desert to the Atlantic; Chapter 7: War by Attrition and the Raid on Dieppe; Chapter 8: Progress of the Free French Movement, 1942-43; Chapter 9: Formation of 341 (Alsace) Squadron in the United Kingdom; Chapter 10: 342 (Lorraine) Squadron Enters the European Battle 327 $aChapter 11: Survive, Evade, EscapeChapter 12: D-Day: Preparation and Execution; Chapter 13: Liberation; Chapter 14: War to the Bitter End; Chapter 15: Aftermath; Chapter 16: Conclusions; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aThis book examines and analyses the relationship between the RAF, the Free French Movement and the French fighter pilots in WWII. A highly significant subject, this has been ignored by academics on both sides of the Channel. This ground-breaking study will fill a significant gap in the historiography of the War. Bennett's painstaking research has unearthed primary source material in both Britain and France including Squadron records, diaries, oral histories and memoirs. In the post-war period the idea of French pilots serving with the RAF seemed anachronistic to both sides. For the French nati 410 0$aContinuum studies in military history. 608 $aElectronic books. 676 $a940.5442 700 $aBennett$b G. H$026362 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910511374703321 996 $aThe RAF's French Foreign Legion 1940-45$92548997 997 $aUNINA