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Resistance and Liberation
New history of la France libre, Vichy collaboration, and the resistance from the campaigns in Tunisia and Italy to Liberation.
The Liberation of Strasbourg 1944
A neglected passage of World War II history, when French forces liberated this trophy city in the aftermath of a Nazi collapse, only to almost lose it again in the Battle of the Bulge. De Gaulle described the liberation of Strasbourg “one of the most brilliant episodes in our military history.” But who did the fighting?
Reinventing French Aid
An original insight into how occupation officials and relief workers controlled and cared for Displaced Persons in the French zone.
Fighters in the Shadows
Robert Gildea’s penetrating history of France during World War II sweeps aside the French Resistance of a thousand clichés. Gaining a true understanding of the Resistance means recognizing how its image has been carefully curated through a combination of French politics and pride, ever since jubilant crowds celebrated Paris’s liberation in 1944.
Hostages of Empire
2022 Heggoy Prize from the French Colonial Historical Society Royal Historical Society's 2022 Gladstone Book Prize Shortlist Hostages of Empire combines a social history of colonial prisoner-of-war experiences with a broader analysis of their role in Vichy's political tensions with the country's German occupiers. The colonial prisoners of war came from across the French Empire, they fought in the Battle for France in 1940, and they were captured by the German Army. Unlike their French counterparts, who were taken to Germany, the colonial POWs were interned in camps called Frontstalags throughout occupied France. This decision to keep colonial POWs in France defined not only their experience ...
Empires of the Mind
Prize-winning historian Robert Gildea dissects the legacy of empire for the former colonial powers and their subjects.
Soldiers in Peacemaking
What is the role of a soldier at the end of war, when either victory or defeat is inevitable? This book delves into that question, exploring how the military and soldiers on the ground have contributed to the transition to peace. With case studies from 1800 to the present day, Soldiers in Peace-making offers a historical overview of the part military men and women have played in the aftermath of war. From UN peacekeeping in Cambodia to military observers in former Yugoslavia, the post-Cold War US Army and more, the essays in this collection map the strategy, politics and practicalities involved in the transition from war to postwar. Analyzing the legitimacy of each 'peace' and the military's approach to them, the chapters explore how soldiers have engaged with politics and political leaders, interacted with civil populations, and called upon their own expertise to enable the peace-making process. In exploring the hybrid role of military men and women as diplomats, peacemakers, negotiators and fighters this book reveals the crucial part they have played as conflicts come to a close.
Combatants of Muslim Origin in European Armies in the Twentieth Century
During the two World Wars that marked the 20th century, hundreds of thousands of non-European combatants fought in the ranks of various European armies. The majority of these soldiers were Muslims from North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia, or the Indian Subcontinent. How are these combatants considered in existing historiography? Over the past few decades, research on war has experienced a wide-reaching renewal, with increased emphasis on the social and cultural dimensions of war, and a desire to reconstruct the experience and viewpoint of the combatants themselves. This volume reintroduces the question of religious belonging and practice into the study of Muslim combatants in European armies in the 20th century, focusing on the combatants' viewpoint alongside that of the administrations and military hierarchy.
Mity II wojny światowej
Japoński atak na Pearl Harbor był druzgocącą klęską Stanów Zjednoczonych, a Rommel był subtelnym strategiem; Waffen-SS stanowiła elitę armii, a armia włoska nie potrafiła walczyć; niemiecka wunderwaffe mogła odmienić losy wojny, a Hitler jedynie wyprzedził atak Stalina. Dziesięciolecia po zakończeniu II wojny światowej wielu wciąż wierzy w fałszywe tezy, często wykreowane przez ówczesną propagandę państw Osi. W czasie działań wojennych budowały one mit o nazistowskiej potędze, a po wojnie ich celem było zrzucenie odpowiedzialności za popełnione zbrodnie na innych. Mity II wojny światowej – to krytyczne spojrzenie na liczne wytwory propagandy, które z powodzeniem funkcjonują do dzisiaj. Ich podważenie rzuca zupełnie inne światło na przebieg konfliktu i pokazuje, jak trudno jest – nawet po zwycięstwie militarnym – wygrać walkę o historię.
Defeat and Division
A definitive new history of the France at war from the war's outbreak to the invasion of North Africa in late 1942.
