To End with Vichy Vol 12 by Henri Amouroux

The twelfth volume of Henri Amouroux's monumental history of the French people during World War II.

This essential work explores:

• The roots of French passions between 1940 and 1941
• The Vichy regime and collaboration with Nazi Germany
• Pierre Laval and the policy of collaboration
• Anti-Semitic measures and the persecution of Jews
• The conflict between Pétain and de Gaulle
• The tragedy of Mers-el-Kébir and the rupture with England
• The role of the Catholic Church during the Occupation
• The French civil war and national divisions

Henri Amouroux reveals with finesse the contradictions and passions that tore France apart during the Occupation. Essential analysis for understanding the roots of Vichy and the divisions that marked this tragic period in French history.

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