Marianne in Chains
Subtitle: Daily Life in the Heart of France During the German Occupation
Publisher: Picador
Published: June 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 528
ISBN-13: 9780312423599
Subjects: History: World; History; History - General History; Europe - France; History / France
First sentence: On 18 June 1940, as the recently formed government of Marshal Petain sued for an armistice, General de Gaulle, broadcasting on the BBC, famously told the French people that though the battle of France was lost, the war-a world war-was not over: "Crushed by superior mechanical force today, we can conquer in the future by virtue of a superior mechanical force.