Marianne in Chains
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Pan Books
Published: June 6, 2003
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9780330488655
Subjects: European history: Second World War; History: World
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.