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Fleeing Hitler
France 1940
Hanna Diamond
Hanna Diamond
262 pages
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21 black and white halftones, 4 maps
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216x138mm
978-0-19-953259-9
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Paperback
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25 September 2008
Price:
£8.99 £4.49
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- Describes in moving detail the effects of invasion and early days of occupation on the people of France
- Brings the trauma of the refugees of 1940 vividly to life using eyewitness accounts, memoirs, and diaries
- Shows how the shock of defeat opened the way for the establishment of the Vichy regime
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 abandoned the city and its people, leaving behind them an atmosphere of panic. Roads heading south filled with ordinary people fleeing for their lives with whatever personal possessions they could carry, often with no particular destination in mind. During the long, hard journey, this mass exodus of predominantly women, children, and the elderly, would face constant bombings, machine gun attacks, and even starvation.
Using
eyewitness accounts, memoirs, and diaries, Hanna Diamond shows how the disruption this exodus brought to the lives of civilians and soldiers alike made it a defining experience of the war for the French people. As traumatized populations returned home, preoccupied by the desire for safety and bewildered by the unexpected turn of events, they put their faith in Marshall Pétain who was able to establish his collaborative Vichy regime largely unopposed, while the Germans consolidated their occupation.
Watching events unfold on the other side of the channel, British ministers looked on with increasing horror, terrified that Britain could be next.Readership: All those interested in or studying
the history of the second world war or the history of France in the twentieth century.
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Hanna Diamond, Senior lecturer in French History, University of Bath Hanna Diamond, Senior Lecturer in French History, Department of European Studies, University of Bath
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"Diamond has providedus with a compelling account of the exodus, one which vividly brings to life a period of profound upheaval in French society." - Lynne Taylor, The English Historical Review
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Introduction: Paris: June 1940
Part One: Exodus
1: The Invasion of Paris
2: On the Road
Part Two: Reactions to Defeat
3: Death of the Third Republic
4: The People's Decisions
Part Three: Home or Exile
5: Summer-Autumn 1940
6: Back to 'Normal'?
Afterword: Forgetting and Remembering the Exodus
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