The Fall of France in the Second World War History and Memory /

• Main Author: Carswell, Richard (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: World War, 1939-1945.; Great Britain-History.; France-History.; Europe-History-1492-.; Military history.; History of World War II and the Holocaust.; History of Britain and Ireland.; History of France.; History of Modern Europe.; History of Military.

This book examines how the fall of France in the Second World War has been recorded by historians and remembered within society. It argues that explanations of the fall have usually revolved around the four main themes of decadence, failure, constraint and contingency. It shows that the dominant exp...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter One: Introduction
• Chapter Two: Premonitions and Predictions
• Chapter Three: War and Waiting
• Chapter Four: Trauma and Treason
• Chapter Five: Divine Punishment and Decadence
• Chapter Six: Failures and Constraints
• Chapter Seven: Contingencies and Consequences
• Chapter Eight: Memory and Memorialisation
• Chapter Nine: Conclusions.