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The Collapse of the Third Republic: An Inquiry into the Fall of France in 1940

af William L. Shirer

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After setting the stage with a look at the founding of the Republic in 1871, describes the political, social, and religious divisions in the country, the "Maginot Line complex" growing out of military trust in a defensive war, and the deleterious effect of the tragedy of World War I.
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Tela editorial con dorados en tapa y lomo. Con sobrecubierta ilustrada.
Buen estado.
  Accitanus | Sep 1, 2023 |
Great- detailed breakdown of military and political fall of France. ( )
  apende | Jul 12, 2022 |
William Shirer was an American newspaper correspondent during the 1930's. He was assigned to Hitler's Germany, and conducted himself well before his expulsion from that vantage point. Having left Berlin, Shirer was on hand for the end of the Third Republic and the beginning of the German occupation. A good source book particularly for colour, and the rhythm of the campaign. It is reliable on facts. I would read it in conjunction with Marc Bloch's book, and Churchill's description of the same time period. ( )
  DinadansFriend | Jan 25, 2019 |
In one of his outbursts, Hitler is described by diplomats as stating Czechoslovakia was not worth a pfennig.
What a contrast with the rushed billions from the IMS towards Ukraine, 74 years later, assuming the fourteen millions of native Russian speakers of 2014 Ukraine - not an insignificant minority, could be compared to the three millions Sudeten Germans.

In view of the current boot noises in the East and muscled debates over who controls the world's sources of energy, Shirer captivating account of failed diplomacy, military betrayals and vain hopes for peace is worth revisiting.
A mosaic of testimonies of how the world failed to stop the armed conquest of the West by a handful of dictators is offered to the reader's consideration. The Munich crisis, the Czechoslovakian deception, the Polish conquest and the Fall of France are given multifaceted view points through speeches, letters, memoranda, conversations, secret or not, some of which the author was a witness of during his stay in Europe.

Some eery incidents are chosen with acumen; how democracies chose to send "volunteers" during the Norwegian / Finnish attempts using the same method as Putin is likely to have used in Ukraine during the Summer of 2014; how the French High Command staff was preparing an invasion of the oil fields of Baku! during the 1939 Phoney war which would have ultimately conquered Moscow with the help of the Finns! Obsessed with anti-communism, individuals like Weygand who had observed Pilsudski's campaing in 1920 Poland, would cancel counter punches to the advancing tank columns of Rommel and Guderian, and would end up as collaborators of the Vichy regime.

Note that this plan was developed while Poland was expected to hold six months against the Wehrmacht while it was finished in 8 days. Such efforts gave German Generals ample time to then move the armored divisions and aviation from the East to the West with the disastrous end results we know.

For those who are desperate to find one common denominating factor to the Fall of France described by Shirer, I recommend reading again the eighth volume of the Adventures of Tintin: "Ottokar Sceptre" by HERGE. ( )
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Dov'è la Francia? Che ne è dei francesi?
GEORGES CLEMENCEAU
al tempo dell'affare Dreyfus
Quasiasi forma possa assumere il trionfo finale, ci vorranno molti anni prima che l'onta del 1940 possa essere cancellata.
... È stata la più terribile disfattta di tutta la nostra lunga storia nazionale.
MARC BLOCH
prima di esssere fucilato dai tedeschi nel 1944
Lo stato maggiore nel 1914 era pronto per la guerra del 1870, e nel 1940 per quella del 1914.
GUY LA CHAMBRE
ministro dell'Aeronautica, 1938040
La nostra storia è divenuta una sorta di guerra civile permante. Ci insegna a odiarci l'un l'altro.
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È giunto il giorno fatale in cui non siamo di sostenere né i nostri vizi né i loro rimedi.
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Il crollo della Terza Repubblica francese nella dolce primavera-estate del 1940 fu uno spettacolo terribile.
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After setting the stage with a look at the founding of the Republic in 1871, describes the political, social, and religious divisions in the country, the "Maginot Line complex" growing out of military trust in a defensive war, and the deleterious effect of the tragedy of World War I.

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