Cover art for France: The Dark Years, 1940-1944
Published
Oxford University Press, March 2003
ISBN
9780199254576
Format
Softcover, 688 pages
Dimensions
23.3cm × 15.7cm × 3.5cm

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The French call them 'the Dark Years'...This definitive new history of Occupied France explores the myths and realities of four of the most divisive years in French history.Taking in ordinary people's experiences of defeat, collaboration, resistance, and liberation, it uncovers the conflicting memories of occupation which ensure that even today France continues to debate the legacy of the Vichy years.

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