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

by Ronald C. Rosbottom

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062470027
• ISBN13: 9780062470027
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.1"