When Men Fell from the Sky : Civilians and Downed Airmen in Second World War Europe
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1009266683
ISBN-13
9781009266680
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 13th, 2023
Print length
348 Pages
Weight
666 grams
Dimensions
16.00 x 23.60 x 2.70 cms
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A comparative history of the treatment of fallen airmen by civilians in France, Germany and Britain during the Second World War. By considering why the treatment of these airmen contrasted so strongly in these countries, Claire Andrieu sheds new light on how civilians reacted when confronted with the war 'at home'
Between 1940 and 1945, more than 100,000 airmen were shot down over Europe, a few thousand of whom survived and avoided being arrested. When Men Fell from the Sky is a comparative history of the treatment of these airmen by civilians in France, Germany and Britain. By studying the situation on the ground, Claire Andrieu shows how these encounters reshaped societies at a local level. She reveals how the fall of France in 1940 may have concealed an insurrection nipped in the bud, that the ''People''s War'' in Britain was not merely a myth, and that in Germany, the ''racial community of the people'' had in fact become a social reality with Allied airmen increasingly subjected to lynching from 1943 onwards. By considering why the treatment of these airmen contrasted so strongly in these countries, Andrieu sheds new light on how civilians reacted when confronted with the war ''at home''.
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