The Ruthless Civil War Book 6 - Amouroux

The ruthless civil war is the sixth volume of the monumental series The Great History of the French under the Occupation by Henri Amouroux.

1943: The year of all heartbreaks

This essential work explores:

• The British SOE in action: The crucial role of the Special Operations Executive in organizing the French Resistance
• Jean Moulin and unification: The creation of the National Council of the Resistance and the unification of the movements
• Pierre Brossolette: The secret missions of the SOE and coordination with London
• De Gaulle against Giraud: The struggle for leadership of Free France in North Africa
• Birth of the maquis: The Compulsory Labour Service drives young people into hiding
• Attacks and repression: The intensification of armed struggle and German terror
• The French Militia: Armed collaboration against the resistors
• Stalingrad and hope: The impact of the German defeat on French morale

Henri Amouroux finely reveals the decisive role of the British SOE in the unification of the French Resistance, notably through the missions of Jean Moulin and Pierre Brossolette. An essential analysis to understand this ruthless civil war tearing France apart in 1943, between collaboration and resistance, hope and terror.

📚 Other volumes in the series:

• Book 1: The People of Disaster - Phoney War and collapse 1939-1940
• Book 2: 40 million Pétain supporters - France under Vichy 1940-1941
• Book 3: The Good Days of the Collaborators - Collaboration 1941-1942
• Book 4: The Awakened People - French Resistance 1943
• Book 5: Passions and Hatreds - Divided France 1942
• Book 7: A Spring of Death and Hope - Landing 1944
• Book 8: Joys and Sorrows of the Freed People - Liberation 1944
• Book 9: Settling Scores - Purge 1944-1945
• Book 10: The Page Not Yet Turned - Post-war 1945
• Books 11 & 12: To End with Vichy - Trials and memory

📖 Also discover other works by Henri Amouroux:

• SOE against Gestapo - The Prosper network
• June 18, 1940 - General de Gaulle’s call
• The Life of the French under the Occupation

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