The Resistance

The French resistance to Nazi occupation during World War II was a struggle in which ordinary people fought for their liberty, despite terrible odds and horrifying repression. Hundreds of thousands of Frenchmen and women carried out an armed struggle against the Nazis, producing underground anti-fascist publications and supplying the Allies with vital intelligence. Based on hundreds of French eye-witness accounts and including recently-released archival material, The Resistance uses dramatic personal stories to take the reader on one of the great adventures of the 20th century. The tale begins with the catastrophic Fall of France in 1940, and shatters the myth of a unified Resistance created by General de Gaulle. In fact, De Gaulle never understood the Resistance, and sought to use, dominate and channel it to his own ends. Brave men and women set up organisations, only to be betrayed or hunted down by the Nazis, and to die in front of the firing squad or in the concentration camps. Over time, the true story of the Resistance got blurred and distorted, its heroes and conflicts were forgotten as the movement became a myth. By turns exciting, tragic and insightful, The Resistance reveals how one of the most powerful modern myths came to be forged and provides a gripping account of one of the most striking events in the 20th century.

ISBN 184737123X   DEWEY edition DC22 ISBN13 9781847371232 (What's this?)   Pages 320 Publisher Simon & Schuster Ltd   Weight (grammes) 642 Imprint Simon & Schuster Ltd   Published in London Format Book   Height (mm) 234 Publication date 01 Jun 2009   Width (mm) 153 DEWEY 940.5344   Academic level General

		Maps
		Introduction		1
1		France Falls		9
2		A Glimmer of Light		35
3		Lighting the Fuse		60
4		London Calling		88
5		Life and Death		111
6		United. Divided, Betrayed		141
7		The Maquis		170
8		Hopes and Fears		195
9		A Duty to Kill		219
10		'There Was Never a Time Like It'		244
11		Aftermath		272
		Glossary		294
		What Happened to Them?		297
		Acknowledgements		301
		Note on Translations and Terminology		303
		Further Reading		304
		Bibliography		305
		Notes		322
		Index		391

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