Military history of France during World War II

The French Resistance (La Résistance française) was a collaboration of individual movements against the German occupation of France and the Vichy regime that complied with the Nazis during World War II. Starting in 1940 and ending with the liberation of France, French people from all ends of the economic and political spectrum united in different Résistance groups to perform guerilla attacks, run underground newspapers, provide intelligence to and from the allies, and manage escape networks to allied

The invasion and subsequent takeover of France during World War II by Nazi Germany was a multi-pronged attack that was built on a combination of swift and prolonged attacks of psychologic and combative violence. Psychological violence was the Nazi’s intentional erosion of French identity, values, sense of community and morality. The spread of information through newspapers and radios was crucial to the morality and organization of the people and the Resistance and thus a primary target of the Nazis

Time and time again throughout history, a document comes along to remind us that books matter, especially when written in a historical/literary context, and even more so when the writer himself writes against the wishes of his current political situation. The diary kept by the French writer and critic Jean Guéhenno during the German occupation of France from 1940 to 1944 is a perfect example of one such document. Unlike most French intellectuals of the time, Guéhenno refused to openly publish a single

against the Germans. As the effects were hidden normal life could continue and therefore so could the war effort and morale of the public. Many methods were used in doing this. The government used radio, newspapers, press, posters, film reels and the cinema to give information to the public, while still able to hold back any information seen to be damaging to the British war effort and morale through censorship, propaganda and distraction the government

Through the world, we see economic failure and success in all countries, and France is no different. During the mid-nineteen 40’s through the nineteen 50’s France seemed to be in an economic distress. The “Monnet Plan”, named after Frenchman Jean Monnet, was a plan to have economic growth throughout its land. The plan called to nationalize economic sectors throughout the country. An electricity, coal, banking and transportation that fell under state control after World War II. After the Monnet Plan

and a symbol. Described by Julius Caesar as being occupied by people “renowned of courage in war,” the French people and their military history spans over two millennia into what we know as modern day France. The success and failure of many battles and invasions within its borders have heavily impacted the outcome of both World Wars and a litany of smaller incursions, as a direct result of its military strengths and weaknesses as well as geographical location in Western Europe. The centralized placement

As World War II progressed over the reaches of the globe, Germany had gained control over a mass percentage of Europe. The Allies, a group of nations opposed to the power of the Central powers, proposed to carry out a plan to quickly bring an end to the bloody expanse of Nazi Germany. The Allies considered to unleash an invasion on France across the famous English Channel and into the midst of German-occupied land called Operation Overlord. Generals Eisenhower of the United States military and General

Through two world wars, there have been many similarities and differences over the course of this time. It is easy to discuss both wars and how it changed the world, but when comparing common causes of the war the overall common factors are the imperialism and nationalism that caused these devastating wars to take place, along with instability both economically and politically all over the world right before the wars took place. There is so much background history leading up to what started both

World War II was a war that had started for the first. With two sides the Allied Powers versus the Axis Powers. The end of the war went out with a bang. World War II was a gigantic fascinating process of events; the war itself started on September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945. There are many fascinating things about World War II, but the beginning is always interesting. Coming just two decades after the last great global conflict World War I. The Second World War was the most widespread and deadliest

Chandni Rajesh Mr. LeRoy Honors U.S. History (4A) 10/19/15 U.S. Honors Pre-WWI 1. Bismarck 's foreign policy was entirely based on preserving his power and Germany’s throughout Europe. After 1870 he was against the idea of expanding Germany and believed that the country was “satiated.” Instead, Bismarck wanted to keep the peace among European countries rather than engaging in war, therefore keeping Germany safe from attack. He planned to do this through the use of gaining european alliances which