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Author Torrie, Julia S

Title For Their Own Good : Civilian Evacuations in Germany and France, 1939-1945
Published New York : Berghahn Books, Inc., 2010

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Description 1 online resource (279 pages)
Contents "For Their Own Good"; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: Preparing for Air War; Chapter 2: Order or Chaos?; Chapter 3: Organizing Evacuations; Chapter 4: Our Stay Gives Us No Pleasure; Chapter 5: If Only Family Unity Can Be Maintained; Chapter 6: On the Basis of Selection; Chapter 7: Responding to Chaos; Chapter 8: Evacuation's Aftermath; Notes; Note on Sources; Bibliography; Index
Summary The early twentieth-century advent of aerial bombing made successful evacuations essential to any war effort, but ordinary people resented them deeply. Based on extensive archival research in Germany and France, this is the first broad, comparative study of civilian evacuations in Germany and France during World War II. The evidence uncovered exposes the complexities of an assumed monolithic and all-powerful Nazi state by showing that citizens' objections to evacuations, which were rooted in family concerns, forced changes in policy. Drawing attention to the interaction between the Germans and
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-260) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Evacuation of civilians -- Germany
World War, 1939-1945 -- Evacuation of civilians -- France
Bombing, Aerial -- Social aspects -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
Bombing, Aerial -- Social aspects -- France -- History -- 20th century
HISTORY -- Military -- World War II.
HISTORY -- Europe -- France.
Evacuation of civilians
SUBJECT Germany -- History -- 1933-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054594
France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051418
Subject France
Germany
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2009025426
ISBN 9781845458164
1845458168