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American crimes and the liberation of Paris : robbery, rape and murder by renegade GIs, 1944-1947 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alford, Kenneth D. (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Atrocities > France > Paris.
Military offenses > United States > History > 20th century.
War crimes > France > Paris > History > 20th century.
Organized crime > France > Paris > History > 20th century.
Paris (France) > History > 1940-1944.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The German capture of Paris
  • D-Day, June 6, 1944
  • The 29th Machine Records Unit
  • The hangings
  • The liberation of Paris
  • Paris, city of lights
  • The officer's formal mess
  • The mess and billeting office of the Hotel Astra
  • The black market
  • Paris detention barracks
  • The Vincennes gang
  • The Channel Islands crash
  • The Voltaire Gang
  • The Lola murder
  • The 2nd Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment
  • The Million-Dollar Battalion
  • The arrest of men of the Million-Dollar Battalion
  • The cigarette trials
  • A review of the trials
  • The execution of Private Slovik
  • Postwar Paris
  • Martinez's early years
  • Martinez returns to Germany
  • Springtime in Paris
  • Murder in La Place Pigalle
  • The trials
  • Mannheim Prison: maximum security
  • The inevitable end.