The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 29Grolier Incorporated, 1996 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... France . At the beginning of 1943 , when the Germans put into effect a forced labor draft in France , thousands of young Frenchmen , particularly in central and southern France , rebelled . To escape the draft , they formed maquis bands ...
... France . At the beginning of 1943 , when the Germans put into effect a forced labor draft in France , thousands of young Frenchmen , particularly in central and southern France , rebelled . To escape the draft , they formed maquis bands ...
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... France . - Even as Allied troops swept victoriously across Normandy , an- other Allied force staged a second amphibious invasion on August 15 , this time on the south coast of France between Cannes and Toulon . This was the long ...
... France . - Even as Allied troops swept victoriously across Normandy , an- other Allied force staged a second amphibious invasion on August 15 , this time on the south coast of France between Cannes and Toulon . This was the long ...
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... France . They entered Paris on June 14. Premier Paul Reynaud resigned on June 16 , and the next day his successor , Mar- shal Philippe Pétain , sought an armistice . The French accepted the German armistice terms at Compiègne on June 22 ...
... France . They entered Paris on June 14. Premier Paul Reynaud resigned on June 16 , and the next day his successor , Mar- shal Philippe Pétain , sought an armistice . The French accepted the German armistice terms at Compiègne on June 22 ...
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