The Riviera at War: World War II on the Cote d'Azur

ISBN-13: 9781350181816 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 456 str.

George G. Kundahl

Opis

A thorough history of WWII in southeastern France, featuring previously unseen sources and photographs.

Recenzje

George Kundahl has provided us with a solid, absorbing, and lucid introduction to the complicated history of the various resistance groups in the South of France during and immediately after the Second World War. Michigan War Studies Review

Spis treści

ForewordList of IllustrationsAbbreviationsPrefacePrologueCHAPTER 1: The Phoney War CHAPTER 2: The Vichy RegimeCHAPTER 3: The Italian OccupationCHAPTER 4: The German OccupationCHAPTER 5: The Jewish ExperienceCHAPTER 6: British Agents in the MidiCHAPTER 7: The MaquisCHAPTER 8: Resistance in Southeast FranceCHAPTER 9: Preparations for LandingCHAPTER 10: The American LandingCHAPTER 11: The French LandingCHAPTER 12: Fighting in the Back CountryCHAPTER 13: Liberation of the RivieraCHAPTER 14: Menton CHAPTER 15: MonacoCHAPTER 16: Authion: The Final BattleCHAPTER 17: Rebuilding the RivieraEpilogueNotesBibliography

O autorze

George G. Kundahl was, until his retirement, a Major General in the U.S. Army. He is the author of Confederate Engineer: Training and Campaigning with John Morris Wampler (2000), Alexandria Goes to War: Beyond Robert E. Lee (2004) and The Bravest of the Brave: The Correspondence of Stephen Dodson Ramseur (2010). He holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Alabama, USA and has been resident on the French Riviera for many years.