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The Resource Free French Africa in World War II : the African resistance, Eric T. Jennings, University of Toronto, (electronic resource)

Free French Africa in World War II : the African resistance, Eric T. Jennings, University of Toronto, (electronic resource)

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Summary
Only in recent years have historians rediscovered the critical role that French colonial troops played in the twentieth century's two world wars. What is perhaps still deeply under-appreciated is how much General de Gaulle's Free France drew its strength from 1940 to the middle of 1943 from fighting men, resources, and operations in French Equatorial Africa rather than London. Territorially, Free France spanned from the Libyan border with Chad down to the Congo River, and to the scattered tiny French territories of the South Pacific and India. Eric T. Jennings tells the story of an improbable French military and institutional rebirth through Central Africa and gives a unique, deep look at the key role Free French Africa played during World War II to help the Allied cause.--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (xvi, 300 pages)
Contents
  • Rubber, gold, and the battle for resources
  • Colonial practices and wartime imperatives
  • Part I) Free France's African gambit
  • Colonies without motherlands
  • Africa as legitimacy
  • Dysfunction in Gaullist Africa
  • Part II) The war
  • The empire strikes back
  • Free French Africa in arms
  • Part III) Resource extraction, wartime abuses, and African experiences
Isbn
9781107261464
Link
https://eui.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107261464
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Free French Africa in World War II : the African resistance
Title
Free French Africa in World War II
Title remainder
the African resistance
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Eric T. Jennings, University of Toronto
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Subject
Language
eng
Summary
Only in recent years have historians rediscovered the critical role that French colonial troops played in the twentieth century's two world wars. What is perhaps still deeply under-appreciated is how much General de Gaulle's Free France drew its strength from 1940 to the middle of 1943 from fighting men, resources, and operations in French Equatorial Africa rather than London. Territorially, Free France spanned from the Libyan border with Chad down to the Congo River, and to the scattered tiny French territories of the South Pacific and India. Eric T. Jennings tells the story of an improbable French military and institutional rebirth through Central Africa and gives a unique, deep look at the key role Free French Africa played during World War II to help the Allied cause.--
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1970-
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Jennings, Eric T.
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Series statement
Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks
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  • France libre
  • France combattante
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • France
Label
Free French Africa in World War II : the African resistance, Eric T. Jennings, University of Toronto, (electronic resource)
Link
https://eui.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107261464
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Publication
Carrier category
online resource
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  • cr
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rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Rubber, gold, and the battle for resources
  • Colonial practices and wartime imperatives
  • Part I) Free France's African gambit
  • Colonies without motherlands
  • Africa as legitimacy
  • Dysfunction in Gaullist Africa
  • Part II) The war
  • The empire strikes back
  • Free French Africa in arms
  • Part III) Resource extraction, wartime abuses, and African experiences
Control code
CR9781107261464
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xvi, 300 pages)
Form of item
online
Governing access note
Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
Isbn
9781107261464
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
digital, PDF file(s).
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)917009067
Label
Free French Africa in World War II : the African resistance, Eric T. Jennings, University of Toronto, (electronic resource)
Link
https://eui.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107261464
Publication
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Rubber, gold, and the battle for resources
  • Colonial practices and wartime imperatives
  • Part I) Free France's African gambit
  • Colonies without motherlands
  • Africa as legitimacy
  • Dysfunction in Gaullist Africa
  • Part II) The war
  • The empire strikes back
  • Free French Africa in arms
  • Part III) Resource extraction, wartime abuses, and African experiences
Control code
CR9781107261464
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xvi, 300 pages)
Form of item
online
Governing access note
Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
Isbn
9781107261464
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
digital, PDF file(s).
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)917009067

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