The forgotten French: Exiles in the British Isles, 1940-44

It is widely assumed that the French in the British Isles during the Second World War were fully-fledged supporters of General de Gaulle, and that across the channel at least, the French were a 'nation of resisters'. This highly provocative study reveals that most exiles were on British so...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Atkin, Nicholas (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Manchester University Press 2003
Subjects:	france dunkirk ptain vichy Charles de Gaulle Foreign and Commonwealth Office Free France French people London thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history
Online Access:	Open access – download the full text (archived at NCDS Library)
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