The Resource France under fire : German invasion, civilian flight and family survival during World War II, Nicole Dombrowski Risser
France under fire : German invasion, civilian flight and family survival during World War II, Nicole Dombrowski Risser
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- Summary
- "'We request an immediate favour of you, to build a shelter for us women and small children, because we have absolutely no place to take refuge and we are terrified!' This French mother's petition sent to her mayor on the eve of Germany's 1940 invasion of France reveals civilians' security concerns unleashed by Second World War Blitzkrieg fighting tactics. Unprepared for air warfare's assault on civilian psyches, French planners were among the first in history to respond to civilian security challenges posed by aerial bombardment. France Under Fire offers a social, political and military examination of the origins of the French refugee crisis of 1940, a mass displacement of eight million civilians fleeing German combatants. Scattered throughout a divided France, refugees turned to German Occupation officials and Vichy administrators for relief and repatriation. Their solutions raised questions about occupying powers' obligations to civilians and elicited new definitions of refugees' rights"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xv, 312 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction: no more 'behind the lines'
- Part I. Civilians in the Line of Fire: 1. Securing the homeland; 2. Mothers move against military and bureaucratic entrenchment; 3. Pulling the plug on the city of lights; 4. Civilian survival on the open road
- Part II. Refugees, Rights, and Return in a Divided Land: 5. Provincial towns feed and shelter refugees; 6. Paving the road for refugees' return; 7. German exclusions inaugurate a policy of ethnic cleansing; 8. Disappointment and despair in the occupied zone
- Conclusion
- Isbn
- 9781107025325
- Label
- France under fire : German invasion, civilian flight and family survival during World War II
- Title
- France under fire
- Title remainder
- German invasion, civilian flight and family survival during World War II
- Statement of responsibility
- Nicole Dombrowski Risser
- Subject
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- France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945
- German Occupation of France (1940-1945)
- HISTORY -- Military | General
- History
- Refugees
- War -- Protection of civilians
- War -- Protection of civilians -- France
- War -- Protection of civilians -- France
- World War (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief -- France
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief -- France
- World War, 1939-1945 -- France
- World War, 1939-1945 -- France
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees
- 1939 - 1945
- Civilian war relief
- France
- France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "'We request an immediate favour of you, to build a shelter for us women and small children, because we have absolutely no place to take refuge and we are terrified!' This French mother's petition sent to her mayor on the eve of Germany's 1940 invasion of France reveals civilians' security concerns unleashed by Second World War Blitzkrieg fighting tactics. Unprepared for air warfare's assault on civilian psyches, French planners were among the first in history to respond to civilian security challenges posed by aerial bombardment. France Under Fire offers a social, political and military examination of the origins of the French refugee crisis of 1940, a mass displacement of eight million civilians fleeing German combatants. Scattered throughout a divided France, refugees turned to German Occupation officials and Vichy administrators for relief and repatriation. Their solutions raised questions about occupying powers' obligations to civilians and elicited new definitions of refugees' rights"--
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- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Risser, Nicole Dombrowski,
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- German Occupation of France (1940-1945)
- World War (1939-1945)
- War
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- HISTORY
- Civilian war relief
- Refugees
- War
- France
- France
- Label
- France under fire : German invasion, civilian flight and family survival during World War II, Nicole Dombrowski Risser
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-307) and index
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- volume
- Carrier category code
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- Carrier MARC source
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- Content category
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- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: no more 'behind the lines' -- Part I. Civilians in the Line of Fire: 1. Securing the homeland; 2. Mothers move against military and bureaucratic entrenchment; 3. Pulling the plug on the city of lights; 4. Civilian survival on the open road -- Part II. Refugees, Rights, and Return in a Divided Land: 5. Provincial towns feed and shelter refugees; 6. Paving the road for refugees' return; 7. German exclusions inaugurate a policy of ethnic cleansing; 8. Disappointment and despair in the occupied zone -- Conclusion
- Control code
- 784577132
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xv, 312 pages
- Isbn
- 9781107025325
- Lccn
- 2012016904
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 40021346773
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)784577132
- Label
- France under fire : German invasion, civilian flight and family survival during World War II, Nicole Dombrowski Risser
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-307) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: no more 'behind the lines' -- Part I. Civilians in the Line of Fire: 1. Securing the homeland; 2. Mothers move against military and bureaucratic entrenchment; 3. Pulling the plug on the city of lights; 4. Civilian survival on the open road -- Part II. Refugees, Rights, and Return in a Divided Land: 5. Provincial towns feed and shelter refugees; 6. Paving the road for refugees' return; 7. German exclusions inaugurate a policy of ethnic cleansing; 8. Disappointment and despair in the occupied zone -- Conclusion
- Control code
- 784577132
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xv, 312 pages
- Isbn
- 9781107025325
- Lccn
- 2012016904
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40021346773
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)784577132
Subject
- France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945
- German Occupation of France (1940-1945)
- HISTORY -- Military | General
- History
- Refugees
- War -- Protection of civilians
- War -- Protection of civilians -- France
- War -- Protection of civilians -- France
- World War (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief -- France
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief -- France
- World War, 1939-1945 -- France
- World War, 1939-1945 -- France
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees
- 1939 - 1945
- Civilian war relief
- France
- France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945
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