The Hunt for Nazi Spies
Subtitle: Fighting Espionage in Vichy France
Contributors: Catherine Tihanyi (Translator)
Edition: Tra edition
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press; University of Chicago Press
Published: December 30, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780226438931
Subjects: Espionage & secret services; Fascism & Nazism; World history: from c 1900 -; Second World War, 1939-1945; France - History; World War II - Europe; History; History - Military / War; Military; Europe; Europe - France; Military - Intelligence/Espionage; Military - World War II; History / Military / World War II; Collaborationists; France; Germany; Secret service; World War, 1939-1945
Description: From 1940 to 1942, French secret agents arrested more than 2000 spies working for the Germans and executed several dozen of them, all despite the Vichy government's declared collaboration with the Third Reich. This is a narrated chronicle of the Vichy regime's attempts to maintain sovereignty while supporting its Nazi occupiers.