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French children under the Allied bombs, 1940-45: An oral history (Cultural History of Modern War)
Lindsey Dodd
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Children under the Allied bombs in France provides a unique perspective on the Allied bombing of France during the Second World War which killed around 57,000 French civilians. Using oral history as well as archival research, it provides an insight into children's wartime lives in which bombing often featured prominently, even though it has slipped out of French collective memory. How prepared were the French for this aerial onslaught? What was it like to be bombed? And how did people understand why their 'friends' across the Channel were attacking them? Divided into three parts dealing with expectations, experiences and explanations ... Read more
Children under the Allied bombs in France provides a unique perspective on the Allied bombing of France during the Second World War which killed around 57,000 French civilians. Using oral history as well as archival research, it provides an insight into children's wartime lives in which bombing often featured prominently, even though it has slipped out of French collective memory. How prepared were the French for this aerial onslaught? What was it like to be bombed? And how did people understand why their 'friends' across the Channel were attacking them? Divided into three parts dealing with expectations, experiences and explanations ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Cultural History of Modern War
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719097041
SKU
V9780719097041
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About Lindsey Dodd
Lindsey Dodd is Senior Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of Huddersfield -- .
Reviews for French children under the Allied bombs, 1940-45: An oral history (Cultural History of Modern War)
'...makes excellent use of oral history interviews to create a compelling narrative of children's experiences of air raids in France during the Second World War' Lucy Noakes, University of Brighton
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