Suchergebnisse

Ingredients -- Plans -- Final preparations -- 10 May : forward -- 11-12 May : to the Meuse -- 13 May : crossing the Meuse -- 14-15 May : counter-attacks and exploitation -- 16-20 May : crisis of command and the coast -- 21-24 May : Arras, Weygand and the halt order -- 25 May-4 June : withdrawal and evacuation -- 5-8 June : Fall Rot and resilience -- 9-22 June : driving south, Paris and armistice

The commanding features of everyday life in 1939 - the blackout, gas-masks, air-raid shelters, evacuees, rationing and the profusion of often contradictory rules and regulations - seem bizarre almost to the point of farce. But they were real enough to those who had to live the experience. A compensating factor was the ability of the country to laugh at the absurdities of life under the shadow of the swastika