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The Riviera at War

World War II on the Côte d'Azur

George G. Kundahl (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

456 Seiten

2021
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-18181-6 (ISBN)

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During World War II three distinct forces opposed the Allies - Germany, Italy, and Japan. Few areas of the world experienced domination by more than a single one of these, but southeastern France - the region popularly known as the Riviera or Cote d'Azur - was one. For the first time, George G. Kundahl tells the raw and moving story of World War II on the French Riviera.

Following a nine-month prelude, the reality of World War II burst onto the Riviera in June 1940 when the region had to defend itself against the Italian army and ended with a battle against German and Italian forces in April 1945, a period longer than any other part of France. Not only did inhabitants suffer through Italian Fascism and German Nazism but, as The Riviera at War details, also under a third hardship at times even more oppressive - the rule of Vichy France. Sharply intelligent, elegantly written and drawing from previously unseen archival documents and photographs, this is essential reading for anyone interested in wartime France.

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.

Foreword
List of Illustrations
Abbreviations
Preface
Prologue
CHAPTER 1: The Phoney War
CHAPTER 2: The Vichy Regime
CHAPTER 3: The Italian Occupation
CHAPTER 4: The German Occupation
CHAPTER 5: The Jewish Experience
CHAPTER 6: British Agents in the Midi
CHAPTER 7: The Maquis
CHAPTER 8: Resistance in Southeast France
CHAPTER 9: Preparations for Landing
CHAPTER 10: The American Landing
CHAPTER 11: The French Landing
CHAPTER 12: Fighting in the Back Country
CHAPTER 13: Liberation of the Riviera
CHAPTER 14: Menton
CHAPTER 15: Monaco
CHAPTER 16: Authion: The Final Battle
CHAPTER 17: Rebuilding the Riviera
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography

Erscheinungsdatum	26.02.2021
Zusatzinfo	21 bw illus
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	150 x 229 mm
Gewicht	660 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-350-18181-1 / 1350181811
ISBN-13	978-1-350-18181-6 / 9781350181816
Zustand	Neuware