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Vercors 1944
Resistance in the French Alps
Series: Campaign
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Vercors 1944
A highly illustrated account of the conflict between the German Army and security forces and the French resistance in the Alps.
A highly illustrated account of the conflict between the German Army and security forces and the French resistance in the Alps.
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A highly illustrated account of the conflict between the German Army and security forces and the French resistance in the Alps.
Fighting insurgents has always been one of the greatest challenges for regular armed forces during the 20th century. The war between the Germans and the French resistance, also called FFI (Forces Françaises d'Intérieur), during World War II has remained a near-forgotten chapter in the history of these 'Small Wars'. This is all the more astonishing as agencies like the British SOE (Special Operations Executive) and the American OSS (Office of Strategic Services) dedicated significant resources to support the French resistance movement.
By conducting diversionary attacks on German forces in the occupied hinterland, the Allies hoped the FFI could assist in disrupting German supply lines and undermining their morale. The mountain plateau of the Vercors, south-west of Grenoble, was the main stronghold of the FFI. In July 1944, some 8,000 German soldiers mounted an operation on the plateau and destroyed the insurgent groups there.
This compact volume examines the battle of the Vercors, the largest operation against the FFI during World War II, and reveals how the Germans' decisive and crushing victory has caused traumatic memories for the French that persist to the present day.
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Vercors 1944 by Peter Lieb is highly recommended by Military Modelcraft International.
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ISBN: 9781849086981
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 20 December 2012
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Osprey Publishing
Illustration: 10 b/w; 0 col
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 8.0mm
Width: 182.0mm
Height: 244.0mm
Weight: 340g
Pages: 96
About the Author
Dr Peter Lieb is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of War Studies, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Prior to this he was a Research Fellow at the Institut fur Zeitgeschichte in Munich and the German Historical Institute in Paris. He holds a PhD and an MA from the University of Munich. His research interests are the German Army in World War I and World War II, and insurgencies and counterinsurgency in the 20th century. He has written numerous articles in English, German and French on these topics. His major studies are a book on the radicalisation of warfare in the West in 1944 with the title 'Konventioneller Krieg oder NS-Weltanschauungskrieg? Kriegfuhrung und Partisanenbekampfung in Frankreich 1943/44' (2007) and a fundamental contribution on the German occupation in the Ukraine in 1918 in the multi-authored book 'Die Ukraine. Zwischen Selbstbestimmung und Fremdherrschaft 1917-1922' (2011). He also served as an expert witness for military history in a Nazi war crimes trial in Munich in 2009. Peter Dennis was born in 1950. Inspired by contemporary magazines such as Look and Learn he studied illustration at Liverpool Art College. Peter has since contributed to hundreds of books, predominantly on historical subjects, including many Osprey titles. A keen wargamer and modelmaker, he is based in Nottinghamshire, UK.
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