Awakened People - Book 4 by Henri Amouroux

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The fourth volume of Henri Amouroux's monumental history of the French during the Second World War.

June 1940 - June 1941: From defeat to awakening

This essential work explores:

• The military collapse of June 1940 : The French debacle and the exodus of civilians
• The Appeal of June 18, 1940 : De Gaulle on the BBC and the birth of Free France
• Marshal Pétain and the French State : The establishment of the Vichy regime
• The German-Soviet Pact : The French Communist Party's Response to the Occupation
• Operation Barbarossa : The invasion of the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941
• The Awakening of the Resistance : The French Communist Party Enters the Struggle After the Attack Against the USSR
• The myth of the "Party of the Executed" : The communist resistance and its martyrs
• London and the Third Reich : The International Stakes of the War

Henri Amouroux skillfully reveals how the French people, crushed by defeat, gradually awakened to resistance. This analysis is essential for understanding this pivotal year in which France moved from collapse to hope, marked by the Appeal of June 18th and the turning point of June 22nd, 1941.

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