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Author Atkin, Nicholas

Title The forgotten French : exiles in the British Isles, 1940-44 / Nicholas Atkin
Published Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 304 pages) : illustrations
Series Open Access e-Books
Contents The context of exile: communities, circumstances and choices -- The misfortune of exile: refugees -- The conflict of exile: servicemen -- The surveillance of exile: the Vichy consulates -- The tradition of exile: la colonie Française -- Conclusion
Summary 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
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-291) and index
Notes English
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Subject French -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
Exiles -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees -- Great Britain
World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees -- France
Humanities.
History.
Regional and national history.
European history.
HISTORY -- Military -- World War II.
HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century.
Exiles
French
Refugees
Politischer Flüchtling
Vluchtelingen.
Fransen.
Geschichte 1940-1944.
France
Great Britain
Großbritannien
Franzosen.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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