Language: English
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2018
ISBN 10: 1472827759 ISBN 13: 9781472827753
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Paperback. Condition: new. Stacey, Mark (illustrator). Paperback. After the Fall of France in 1940, a new puppet state was set up in the south. Officially known as the French State, it is better known as Vichy France.This collaborationist Vichy regime's armed forces were more active and usually more numerous than German troops in the task of hunting down and crushing the maquis - the French Resistance guerrilla forces.This book explores the organization and operations of Vichy French Security Forces, including: the new Vichy Police Nationale, particularly their Groupes Mobiles de Reserve, the Service d'Ordre Legionnaire, and the Milice Francaise, a ruthless anti-Resistance militia armed partly with British weapons captured from SOE airdrops.Fully illustrated throughout with contemporary photographs and commissioned artwork, it tells the story of Occupied France from the perspective of those who sought to keep it in German hands. A detailed study into the significant but little-known arm of the Axis security machinery in occupied Europe the Vichy French Security Troops, the collaborators who hunted the Resistance. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Condition: very good. Stacey, Mark (illustrator). Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.
Seller: Chiron Media, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: New. Stacey, Mark (illustrator).
Language: English
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2018
ISBN 10: 1472827759 ISBN 13: 9781472827753
Seller: CitiRetail, Stevenage, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: new. Stacey, Mark (illustrator). Paperback. After the Fall of France in 1940, a new puppet state was set up in the south. Officially known as the French State, it is better known as Vichy France.This collaborationist Vichy regime's armed forces were more active and usually more numerous than German troops in the task of hunting down and crushing the maquis - the French Resistance guerrilla forces.This book explores the organization and operations of Vichy French Security Forces, including: the new Vichy Police Nationale, particularly their Groupes Mobiles de Reserve, the Service d'Ordre Legionnaire, and the Milice Francaise, a ruthless anti-Resistance militia armed partly with British weapons captured from SOE airdrops.Fully illustrated throughout with contemporary photographs and commissioned artwork, it tells the story of Occupied France from the perspective of those who sought to keep it in German hands. A detailed study into the significant but little-known arm of the Axis security machinery in occupied Europe the Vichy French Security Troops, the collaborators who hunted the Resistance. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
Language: English
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2018
ISBN 10: 1472827759 ISBN 13: 9781472827753
Seller: AussieBookSeller, Truganina, VIC, Australia
Paperback. Condition: new. Stacey, Mark (illustrator). Paperback. After the Fall of France in 1940, a new puppet state was set up in the south. Officially known as the French State, it is better known as Vichy France.This collaborationist Vichy regime's armed forces were more active and usually more numerous than German troops in the task of hunting down and crushing the maquis - the French Resistance guerrilla forces.This book explores the organization and operations of Vichy French Security Forces, including: the new Vichy Police Nationale, particularly their Groupes Mobiles de Reserve, the Service d'Ordre Legionnaire, and the Milice Francaise, a ruthless anti-Resistance militia armed partly with British weapons captured from SOE airdrops.Fully illustrated throughout with contemporary photographs and commissioned artwork, it tells the story of Occupied France from the perspective of those who sought to keep it in German hands. A detailed study into the significant but little-known arm of the Axis security machinery in occupied Europe the Vichy French Security Troops, the collaborators who hunted the Resistance. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
Language: English
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2018
ISBN 10: 1472827759 ISBN 13: 9781472827753
Seller: moluna, Greven, Germany
Kartoniert / Broschiert. Condition: New. Stacey, Mark (illustrator). Über den AutorStephen M. CullenInhaltsverzeichnisThe fall of France, 1940, and the emergence of the collaborationist Vichy regime / The Vichy National Police and its Mobile Reserve Groups / Joseph Darnand.