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The Resistance, 1940

Editat de Orfali Potter
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 29 dec 2016

"The Resistance, 1940" illuminates the early phase of the French Resistance through first-hand accounts, describing how movements organized themselves in opposition to both German occupation and the collaborationist Vichy government. Translated and annotated by Charles B. Potter, these four complementary firsthand accounts, composed by French men and women, reveal how the Resistance fighters experienced defeat and resurrection in the pivotal year of 1940.

This primary source reader opens with First Fight, by Jean Moulin, which offers a vivid eyewitness recounting of the collapse of France, penned by arguably the greatest hero of the Resistance. This major historical document is supplemented by three additional accounts elaborating on subsequent events: First Resistance, by Germaine Tillion, who was arrested in 1942 and sent to Ravensbruck concentration camp for the duration of the war, depicts the formation of the Groupe du Musee de l Homme, one of the earliest networks dedicated to disrupting Nazi activities. National Liberation Movement, by Henri Frenay, who originally supported the Vichy government but quickly became disillusioned, offers details on the planning of the vast resistance network later known as Combat. Finally, We Were Terrorists, by Jean Garcin, excerpts the memoir of a young Socialist in the southern zone who later headed Resistance efforts in the city of Marseilles.

Along with these annotated texts, Potter includes an informative introduction and contextualizes each source, positioning the documents within the timeline of events. Taken together, these four seminal accounts from four individual perspectives offer compelling evidence about how and when the French Resistance began."

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780807163924
ISBN-10: 0807163929
Pagini: 280
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Editura: Louisiana State University Press

Notă biografică

CHARLES POTTER is professor of history at the Institute for American Universities at Aix-en-Provence.