Passions of the French: History of France since 1815

History 362; Fall 2002

Gregory S. Brown

gbrown@unlv.edu

"Strange Defeat" and World War II:

  1. The Maginot Line: http://www.maginot-line.com/index.htm
    (Includes photos and films of Maginot line fortifications)

  2. More on the Maginot Line: http://www.ifrance.com/letunnel/maginot-e.html

  3. Maps of the War: http://www.onwar.com/maps/wwii/blitz/index.htm

  4. Map of French and German plans, 1940

  5. Map of conflict, May-June 1940

  6. Photos of Petain (in Vichy) and de Gaulle (in London)

  7. Map of Occupied France; and another map of Occupied France

  8. Vichy symbol: Gallique

  9. Vichy France website: http://artsweb.bham.ac.uk/artsFrenchStudies/Kitson/Vichy/vichyres/
    (Includes documents, images and links to other sites)
  10. De Gaulle and the "Resistence" http://www.charles-de-gaulle.org/en/dossiers/18june/
    (The Call for "Resistence" on 18 June 1940)
  11. Educational site on the Resistence: http://motlc.wiesenthal.com/pages/t022/t02291.html
    (Includes photos and texts on "women in the Resistence" and "German suppression of the Resistence")

  12. Enthusaist site on the Resistence: http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/5278/page7.html
    (Images and documents)