Fleeing Hitler France 1940 1st Edition by Hanna Diamond 0192806181 9780192806185

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ISBN 10: 0192806181
ISBN 13: 9780192806185
Author: Hanna Diamond

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.

Fleeing Hitler France 1940 1st Table of contents:

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’?

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