Paris 1944 : occupation, resistance, liberation
(2024)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
940.542143/BISHOP,P
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Pegasus Books, 2024
EDITION
First Pegasus Books cloth edition
DESCRIPTION
374 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781639367030, 1639367039 :, 1639367039, 9781639367030
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Prologue: The diabolical tourist -- City of darkness, city of light -- The black rain -- Deutsches Paris -- First blood -- Countdown -- Bouillon -- Ashore -- Reveille -- Chacun son boche! -- Flics and fifis -- Volte-face -- Days of rage -- Chimes of freedom -- The day the war should have ended -- Awakening -- Mise en scène -- Epilogue: The ghosts of Paris
A social history of the liberation of Paris from the German occupation during World War II. This account provides perspectives from both sides of the conflict, including French, German, and American participants