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Sudden courage : youth in France confront the Germans, 1940-1945 /

Describes the contributions of young adults to the French Resistance, revealing how teen revolutionaries acquired skills ranging from sabotage and patrol evasion to intelligence smuggling and lethal self-defense.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rosbottom, Ronald C., 1942- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Custom House, [2019]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Underground movements > France.
World War, 1939-1945 > Youth > France.
France > History > German occupation, 1940-1945.
Table of Contents:
  • "Present!"
  • Coming of age in the 1930s
  • What the hell happened?
  • A blind resistance
  • Life as a J3 during the dark years
  • Sudden courage
  • Resisting the Resistance
  • Does resistance have a gender?