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Try 'France under the Germans', a relatively new book. The French have to be divided into those occupied directly by Germany and those in Vichy France prior to the German's complete occ...
Do anyone here think that the German victory in France was unavoidable?
I would like to learn peoples opinions on this matter as I have read a few books about this and I'm pretty convinced th...
There was recently a request under this topic for maps of Southern France in the area where the Anvil operations occurred. Hanging on the wall in my office is a 1:200,000 scale map of the Normandy are...
... any sources where I could find the figures for the number of german soldiers that there were in occupied France?
Thank you very much,
Lee...
IF THE NORMANDY INVASION REPRESENTED THE BEGINNING OF THE LIBERATION OF FRANCE WHY DID NO MAJOR FRENCH FORMATION PARTICIPATE ? I AM AWARE THAT A SMALL FRENCH COMMANDO UNIT WAS PRESENT AND THAT THE FRE...
Very definitely.
The official French intelligence service continued to operate after the fall of France, under the nominal control of the 'Vichy' regime.
According to Jozef Garlitzki...
Can anyone recommend some books that detail the actions of the French Resistance groups in France during WW2? I am interested in actions both in occupied France and Vichy France. Also, can someone poi...
...ing is that vast majority of French troops evacuated from Dunkirk were almost immediately shipped back to France ... which was still fighting, andwould be for several more weeks.
Why does everyone...
Hmm that maybe so. However just stop for a minute and compare the armies of France and Poland. If Poles had as many tanks, soldiers and as good geopolitical situation Hitler would never defeat Poland....
...ere fenced in.
The Edict of Expulsion, given by Edward I of England in 1290. King Philip Augustus of France in 1181ordered the Jews arrested on a Saturday and confiscated all their money and good...
...was largely a function of the traditionally egregious Army marksmanship training.
Not many jungles in France and Belgium.......
...communal cemeteries to concentration ( yes, that's what they call them ) cemeteries. For example, in France, they stay in the village. The Maire takes care of the graves and the CWGraves inspect ...
The border between France and Italy is very rugged with mountains dropping into the sea. Very defensible, probbly would make the Gustav line look like a cake walk.
Hello YGRunner. Please see my post regarding the 23rd Gen. Hospital in Vittle, France during November and December, 1944. If you pick up any reponses from the ETO would you please let me know? Thank y...
...ring the 30 year war. Catholic nations, led by the Habsburgs, vs Protestant Nations (with no clear lead). France stays out of the fray until the time is fit to stab Spain in the back.
They promptly d...
...hated the jews , in " wake up america " , i have jewish ancestry but my family fled isreal to france before the french revolution , only to flee to england and scotland !...
...on I have about d day is from a radio recording in 1984 for the 40th anniversary of d day when he went to France....
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Henry V before the battle of Agincourt.
Arthur Kramer 344th Bomb Group,9th Air Force England France Belgium Holland Germany...
..., operational and even tactical mind in the wehrmacht.
He was the main mind behind the attack against france (and he was well out of the merits when France fell), he had an exemplary leadership la...
Hi,
I am looking for some details on the way someone died in combat in June 1940 in France. Is there any database, organisation, association from which I could find this? The person was Pierre Fan...
...will make it a valuable base for Uboats in the Atlantic (this is prior to the surprising quick victory in France). Sweden, 1940: supplying high- quality ores and finished goods to their traditional ma...
...only speculate. By the time Prinz Eugen was released, Lutjens had already decided he would go directly to France (having rejected the option of returning to Germany through either the Denmark Strait o...
... on the D-Day coverage, newspapers and magazines articles listed civilian casualties of people from U.K.; France; Soviet Union; Germany; Italy; etc but nothing on the U.S. which were mostly N/A or -. ...
...of use who will never forgive, and never forget.
Arthur Kramer 344th Bomb Group,9th Air Force England France Belgium Holland Germany...
I know that they are not. But they are proof that the enemy would use the bombing of friendly civilians and troops for propaganda, as you just did. It is political dynamite, as you indicated with Caen...
...net of American soldiers killed in WWII in Europe? Are there list of American soldiers burried in Europe (France)?
Thank you for your help.
Joseph Galron...
...ese PWs were British (Norfolks?), not Canadian. 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade and supporting arms went to France via Calais and moved inland by train, but the contingent was quickly extracted (without...
... C. His serial number was AO510453. He was in the European Theater in 1944-5 beginning in England, then France, then Germany. I am interested in finding our his specific route of travel through the...
...olish as to attack Pearl Harbour.
and they wouldn't have done so, because Nazi Germany and Vichy France would have been allies and not at war with the US.
I'd guess it would more hav...
My sister-in-law lived in Die, France during the war and recommended a book, "Temdignages sur le Vercors". She has a copy, however, it is written French. I have not found an English translat...
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