Occupation : the ordeal of France, 1940-1944

OCCUPATION; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Maps; PROLOGUE: Verdun and Its Legacy; PART I: The Fall of France and the Path of Collaboration; 1. Invasion and Exodus; 2. Vichy and the New European Order; PART II: The Shameful Peace; 3. Are You in Order?; 4. Presence and Absence; PART III: Resistance and Liberation; 5. Living in Fear, Living in Hope; 6. Settling Scores; EPILOGUE: Division and Its Aftermath; Sources and Further Reading; Chronology; Acknowledgements; Index.;The Nazi occupation of France in 1940 has been compellingly explored in this book. France was slow and somewhat ineffectual in organizing resistance movement. In Occupation Ian Ousby challenges the myth that France was liberated " by the whole of France." The author explores the Nazi occupation of France with superb detail and eyewitness accounts that range from famous figures like Simone de Beauvoir, Charles de Gaulle, Andre Gide, Jean-Paul Sartre and Gertrude Stein to ordinary citizens, forgotten heroes and traitors.