Britain and France in two world wars : truth, myth and memory

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Britain and France in two world wars : truth, myth and memory

Title remainder

truth, myth and memory

Statement of responsibility

edited by Robert Tombs and Emile Chabal

Contributor

• Chabal, Emile
• EBSCOhost
• Tombs, Robert

Editor

• Tombs, Robert
• Chabal, Emile

Subject

• France -- Relations -- Great Britain -- Congresses
• Great Britain -- Relations -- France -- Congresses
• World War, 1914-1918 -- France -- Congresses
• World War, 1914-1918 -- Great Britain -- Congresses
• World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Congresses
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain -- Congresses

Genre

• Congresses

Language

eng

Summary

France and Britain, indispensable allies in two world wars, remember and forget their shared history in contrasting ways. The book examines key episodes in the relationship between the two countries, including the outbreak of war in 1914, the battles of the Somme and Verdun, the Fall of France in 1940, Dunkirk, and British involvement in the French Resistance and the 1944 Liberation. The contributors discuss how the two countries tend to forget what they owe to each other, and have a distorted view of history which still colours and prejudices their relationship today, despite government efforts to build a close political and military partnership.-

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Dewey number

223

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

Ebsco eBook Collection