Second World War: Liberation: the British contribution
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'Liberation: the British contribution,' Olivier Wieviorka, Professor at the École Normale Supérieure de Cachan, author of Normandy: The Landings to the Liberation of Paris (Harvard UP, 2010)
response Professor Julian Jackson, Queen Mary, University of London, author of France: the Dark Years, 1940-1944 (Oxford UP, 2001) |
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| Created: | 2011-11-07 18:42 |
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| Collection: | Forgetful Allies |
| Publisher: | University of Cambridge |
| Copyright: | Professor Robert Tombs |
| Language: | eng (English) |
| Keywords: | Second World War; Liberation of France; British army in 1944; Memory of Second World War; Olivier Wieviorka; Julian Jackson; |
| Abstract: | The British navy, army and airforce took a major part in the invasion and liberation of France in 1944. How important in fact was their contribution? How has it been remembered in France? Has there been an 'Americanization of memory' in France and more widely? |
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