EAN: 9780231189972

THE RESISTANCE IN WESTERN EUROPE 1940-1945 - OL...

The Resistance in Western Europe  1940-1945 is a sweeping analytical history of the underground
anti-Nazi forces during World War II. Examining clandestine organizations in Norway  Denmark 
the Netherlands  Belgium  France  and Italy  Olivier Wieviorka sheds new light on the factors
that shaped the resistance and its place in the grand scheme of Anglo-American military
strategy. While national actors played a leading role in fomenting resistance  British and
American intelligence services and propaganda as well as financial  material  and logistical
support were crucial to its activities and growth. Wieviorka illuminates the policies of
governments in exile and resistance actors regarding cooperation with the British and Americans
pointing to the persistence of national self-interest and long-standing historical tensions.
Drawing on a wide range of archival sources and bringing together the political  diplomatic 
and military dimensions of the conflict  this book is the first account of the resistance on a
continental scale and from a trans-European perspective.

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