Monday, February 04, 2013

Vercors 1944 Resistance in the French Alps, Peter Lieb.

Vercors 1944 Resistance in the French Alps, Peter Lieb.

Looks at a disastrous attempt by the French Resistance to seize control of part of the French Alps in the period after the D-Day landings. The book examines how German paratroops and ground troops crushed the defenders of the Vercors after the Maquis launched an uprising without sufficient outside support, expected a less vigorous German response.
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