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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Dr Stephen M. Cullen , Mark Stacey (Illustrator)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Osprey Publishing Volume: 516 Weight: 0.169kg ISBN: 9781472827753ISBN 10: 1472827759 Pages: 48 Publication Date: 22 February 2018 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsThe fall of France, 1940, and the emergence of the collaborationist Vichy regime / The Vichy National Police and its Mobile Reserve Groups / Joseph Darnand and the Service d'Ordre Légionnaire, January 1942 – transformation into Milice Francaise, January 1943 / Civil war against the Resistance, 1943-44 / The end, 1944-45 / Milice organization – weapons – uniforms / Select Bibliography / Plate CommentariesReviewsPros: Excellent, very accessible writing style; very good research; good balance of political, military and other content; great coverage of uniforms, equipment, and the fate of these units. Very nice color plates and maps. Cons: None really. If it were twice as long I would have enjoyed it twice as much. - AMPS Author InformationDr Stephen M. Cullen was educated at the universities of Edinburgh and Oxford. He has written widely on inter-war fascism, communism, and British Great War combatants’ writing. He has also written on the history of the British Home Guard, including, most recently, In Search of the Real Dad’s Army; The Home Guard and the Defence of the United Kingdom, 1940–1944 (Pen & Sword, 2011 & 2016). He has been a guest on several BBC Radio programmes and on TV, talking about military and political history. He is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Warwick, England. Mark Stacey was born in Manchester, UK, in 1964 and has been a freelance illustrator since 1987. He has a lifelong interest in all periods of history, particularly military history, and has specialized in this area throughout his career. He now lives and works in Cornwall. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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