Description
Book SynopsisDuring 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 essentia
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George Kundahl has provided us with a solid, absorbing, and lucid introduction to the complicated history of the various resistance groups in the South of France during and immediately after the Second World War. * Michigan War Studies Review *
Table of Contents
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
