Sudden courage : youth in France confront the Germans, 1940-1945 / Ronald C. Rosbottom.

Author/Creator:

Rosbottom, Ronald C., 1942- author.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

New York : Custom House, [2019]

Format/Description:

Book
xiv, 320 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map, portraits ; 24 cm

Subjects:

World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Youth -- France.
France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945.
German Occupation of France (1940-1945)
World War (1939-1945)
Underground movements, War.
Youth.
France.

Form/Genre:

History.

Summary:

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.

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?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-304) and index.

ISBN:

9780062470027
0062470027

OCLC:

1111627654

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