The resistance in Western Europe, 1940-1945
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The resistance in Western Europe, 1940-1945
Columbia University Press, c2019
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Une histoire de la résistance en Europe occidentale 1940-1945
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
In just three months in 1940, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and France fell to the Nazis. The German occupation of Western Europe had begun-but a brave few rose up in defiance. National resistance has long been celebrated in remembrances of World War II, depicted as making significant contributions to the defeat of Nazi Germany. However, the so-called army of shadows drew heavily on the support of London and Washington, a fact often forgotten in postwar Europe.
The Resistance in Western Europe, 1940-1945 is a sweeping analytical history of the underground anti-Nazi forces during World War II. Examining clandestine organizations in Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, and Italy, Olivier Wieviorka sheds new light on the factors that shaped the resistance and its place in the grand scheme of Anglo-American military strategy. While national actors played a leading role in fomenting resistance, British and American intelligence services and propaganda as well as financial, material, and logistical support were crucial to its activities and growth. Wieviorka illuminates the policies of governments in exile and resistance actors regarding cooperation with the British and Americans, pointing to the persistence of national self-interest and long-standing historical tensions. Drawing on a wide range of archival sources and bringing together the political, diplomatic, and military dimensions of the conflict, this book is the first account of the resistance on a continental scale and from a trans-European perspective.
Table of Contents
Foreword, by Robert O. Paxton
List of Maps
List of Abbreviations
Prelude: A Glowing Picture
1. Reinventing a Coalition
2. Set Europe Ablaze!
3. Internecine Struggles
4. Ententes Cordiales?
5. Legitimacy at Stake
6. The Dual Shock of 1941 and Its Consequences
7. Coming of Age
8. Developments
9. Compulsory Labor: An Opportunity or a Curse?
10. Mixed Results
11. Taking Up Arms
12. Propaganda
13. Cadres
14. Minor Maneuvers, Major Policies
15. Italian Complexities
16. Planning for Liberation
17. Plans and Instructions
18. Political Liberation
19. Action!
20. Peripheries
21. Order or Chaos?
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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