Sudden Courage: Youth in France Confront the Germans, 1940-1945

by Ronald C. Rosbottom

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The author of When Paris Went Dark returns to World War II to tell the remarkable story of the youngest members of the French Resistance and their war against the German occupiers and their collaborators

On June 14, 1940, German tanks entered a nearly deserted Paris. Eight days later, France accepted a humiliating defeat and foreign occupation. Many adapted to the situation—even allied themselves with their new overlords. Yet amid increasing Nazi ruthlessness, shortages and arbitrary curfews, a resistance arose—a shadow army of workers, intellectuals, shop owners, police officers, Jews, immigrants, and communists. Among this army were a remarkable number...

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  • ISBN10 0062470043
  • ISBN13 9780062470041
  • Publish Date 1 October 2020 (first published 2 July 2019)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc
  • Imprint Custom House
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 336
  • Language English