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The Unfree French
The Unfree French: Life Under the Occupation | Richard Vinen
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The swift and unexpected defeat of the French Army in 1940 shocked the nation. Two million soldiers were taken prisoner, six million civilians fled from the German army�s advance to join convoys of confused and terrified refugees, and (…more)
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This was in 1940. The behavior of the SS got worse in 1942, when they took over the policing of France from the army. And then, by 1944, populations of villages were sometimes massacred if they were suspected of being part of the Resistance.