French soldiers' morale in the Phoney War, 1939-1940 / Maude Williams and Bernard Wilkin

Date : 2019

Type : Livre / Book

Langue / Language : anglais / English

ISBN : 978-1-138-23274-7

ISBN : 978-0-367-58324-8

ISBN : 1-138-23274-2

EAN : 9781138232747

EAN : 9780367583248

France -- Armée -- 1939-1945(Guerre mondiale)

Soldats -- Attitude -- France -- 1900-1945

Soldats -- Psychologie -- France -- 1900-1945

Drôle de guerre (1939-1940) -- France

Classification Dewey : 940.54/1244

Williams, Maude (1990-....) (Auteur / author)

Wilkin, Bernard (19..-.... ; historien) (Auteur / author)

Collection : Routledge Studies in the Modern History of France / series editor Rachel Utley,... / London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group , 2018-

Résumé / Abstract : The collapse of the French Army in 1940 is a well-researched topic in Second World War Studies but a surprising gap in the historiography emerges when it comes to the study of the French military prior to the May 1940 German offensive. Using various public and private sources in different languages, this book addresses this gap by studying morale on the frontline and its management by the French government, the Grand Quartier Général, at the scale of the regiment and on a personal level. It also investigates German and British propaganda in French and aimed at the French sector of the frontline to offer the first comprehensive comparative study of French army morale in any language