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French children under the Allied bombs, 1940–45
An oral history
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English
Published/Copyright:
2016
About this book
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 of bombing, this book considers the child's view of wartime violence, analysing resilience, understanding and trauma. It contributes significantly to scholarship on civilian life in Occupied France, and will appeal to students, academics and general readers interested in the history of Vichy France, oral history and the experiences of children in war.
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Front matter
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Contents
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List of figures
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Acknowledgements
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List of abbreviations
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Introduction
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1 Telling stories
31 - Part I Expecting bombing
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2 Expecting war
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3 Preparing for bombs
67 - Part II Experiencing bombing
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4 Being bombed
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5 An evolving response
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6 In the aftermath
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7 The consequences of bombing
136 - Part III Explaining bombing
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8 Explaining bombing to the public
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9 Explaining bombing to children
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10 Friends, enemies and the wider war
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Evaluating bombing
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Appendix
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Bibliography
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Index
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September 13, 2023
eBook ISBN:
9781784997410
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eBook ISBN:
9781784997410
Keywords for this book
Allied bombing; Allied propaganda; Boulogne-Billancourt; Brest; children's agency; children's wartime lives; emotional responses; evacuees; France; French children; French collective memory; Lille; municipal-level preparations; oral history; public death; refugees; Second World War; sensory response; Vichy; war preparedness
Audience(s) for this book
For a non-specialist adult audience
