France under Fire

by Nicole Dombrowski Risser

'We request an immediate favour of you, to build a shelter for us women and small children, because we have absolutely no place to take refuge and we are terrified!' This French mother's petition sent to her mayor on the eve of Germany's 1940 invasion of France reveals civilians' security concerns unleashed by the Blitzkrieg fighting tactics of World War II. Unprepared for air warfare's assault on civilian psyches, French planners were among the first...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107521254
• ISBN13: 9781107521254
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"