Divided Memory: French Recollections of World War II from the Liberation to the Present by Olivier WieviorkaRequirements: .PDF reader, 5.4 MbOverview: France’s experience of World War II was not primarily one of armed conflict, but rather of occupation, collaboration, resistance, and persecution. Since the end of the war, France has struggled with how to understand […]
Normandy: The Landings to the Liberation of Paris by Olivier WieviorkaRequirements: .PDF reader, 16 MbOverview: The Allied landings on the coast of Normandy on June 6, 1944, have assumed legendary status in the annals of World War II. But in overly romanticizing D-day, Olivier Wieviorka argues, we have lost sight of the full picture. “Normandy” […]
The Resistance in Western Europe, 1940–1945 by Olivier WieviorkaRequirements: .ePUB reader, 5 MBOverview: In just three months in 1940, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and France fell to the Nazis. The German occupation of Western Europe had begun—but a brave few rose up in defiance. National resistance has long been celebrated in remembrances of […]
The French Resistance by Olivier Wieviorka, Jane Marie Todd (Translation)Requirements: .ePUB reader, 1.4 MBOverview: Whatever happens, the flame of French resistance must not and will not go out. As Charles de Gaulle ended his radio address to the French nation in June 1940, listeners must have felt a surge of patriotism tinged with uncertainty. Who […]
The Resistance in Western Europe, 1940–1945 by Olivier WieviorkaRequirements: .PDF reader, 3 MBOverview: In just three months in 1940, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and France fell to the Nazis. The German occupation of Western Europe had begun—but a brave few rose up in defiance. National resistance has long been celebrated in remembrances of […]