Settling of Scores Vol 9 by Henri Amouroux - Digital Edition

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

This essential work explores:

• The Liberation of France and the settling of scores
• The role of the British SOE (Special Operations Executive) in France
• The FTP (Francs-Tireurs et Partisans) and the Communist Party
• General de Gaulle and the restoration of state authority
• General Leclerc and the liberation of Paris
• De Lattre de Tassigny and the campaign of France
• The wild purge and legal purge (épuration)
• Tensions between the internal Resistance and Free France

Henri Amouroux reveals with finesse the violence of the purge, the crucial role of the British SOE in organizing the Resistance, and the political tensions that marked the Liberation. Essential analysis for understanding this complex period where the joy of freedom coexisted with settling of scores.

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