French Soldiers' Morale in the Phoney War, 1939-1940

ISBN-13: 9780367583248 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 158 str.

Maude Williams; Bernard Wilkin

Opis

The collapse of the French army in 1940 is a well-researched topic in Second World War Studies but a surprising gap in the historiography emerges when it comes to the study of the French military prior to the May 1940 German offensive. This book offers the first comprehensive comparative study of French army morale in any language.

Spis treści

List of figures and tables Acknowledgements Foreword Introduction Chapter 1: The French Army on the German-French Border Chapter 2: Inaction and demoralisation Chapter 3: The struggle against cafard Chapter 4: Dealing with German and communist propaganda Chapter 5: Interacting with British Soldiers Epilogue Conclusion Bibliography List of abbreviations Chronology Index

O autorze

Maude Williams is a French historian working at the University of Saarland in Germany. Her research looks at wartime propaganda and rumours, war evacuations in 1939–1940 and more recently at Franco-German music transfers in the 1960s. She has written several articles on these topics.

Bernard Wilkin is a Belgian historian working at the State Archives of Belgium. His research investigates wartime propaganda and the French army from 1799 to 1945. He is the author of Aerial Propaganda and the Wartime Occupation of France, 1914–1918 and seven other books.