Book contents
- When Men Fell from the Sky
- Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
- When Men Fell from the Sky
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Maps
- Charts
- Numerical Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Blitz-Invasion in France, or Resistance Crushed
- 1 Finding the Volunteers of the Year 40
- 2 The Repression of the Republic’s “Francs-Tireurs”
- Part II “Imminent Invasion!”
- Part III The Origins of the Resistance
- Part IV Lynching in Germany, 1943–1945
- Appendix Bombardments and On-the-Ground Responses: Maps and Numerical Comparisons
- Archival Sources
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
2 - The Repression of the Republic’s “Francs-Tireurs”
from Part I - Blitz-Invasion in France, or Resistance Crushed
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 March 2023
- When Men Fell from the Sky
- Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
- When Men Fell from the Sky
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Maps
- Charts
- Numerical Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Blitz-Invasion in France, or Resistance Crushed
- 1 Finding the Volunteers of the Year 40
- 2 The Repression of the Republic’s “Francs-Tireurs”
- Part II “Imminent Invasion!”
- Part III The Origins of the Resistance
- Part IV Lynching in Germany, 1943–1945
- Appendix Bombardments and On-the-Ground Responses: Maps and Numerical Comparisons
- Archival Sources
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Armed citizens attempted to resist the invasion by apprehending downed enemy airmen. Their story, however, is largely unknown and extremely difficult to study. Not only was the phenomenon in question very short-lived but, in cases in which an airman was apprehended in brutal fashion, efforts were immediately made to conceal it for fear of reprisal on the part of the occupying power. The far more traumatic nature of the events that were to follow under the Occupation only further contributed to burying this memory. What we know about the behavior of civilians during these few days or weeks thus for the most part comes to us from the archives of the victorious power, particularly those of its military tribunals. The document that follows, which comes from a French source, is an exception. It offers an alternative, on-the-ground perspective on the sequence of events.
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- When Men Fell from the SkyCivilians and Downed Airmen in Second World War Europe, pp. 39 - 66Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023