French colonial soldiers in German captivity during World War II

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This book discusses the experience of nearly 100,000 French colonial prisoners of war captured by Nazi Germany during World War II. Raffael Scheck shows that the German treatment of French colonial soldiers improved dramatically after initial abuses, leading the French authorities in 1945 to believe that there was a possible German plot to instigate a rebellion in the French empire. Scheck illustrates that the colonial prisoners' contradictory experiences with French authorities, French civilia…

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Full title :French colonial soldiers in German captivity during World War II / Raffael Scheck, Colby College, Waterville, Maine.

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Publication Date:2014.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:New York, NY
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014.

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Description:1 online resource

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ISBN:9781107297869, 1107297869
oclc:ocn900001671
LC Classification:D805.G3
Dewey Decimal:940.54/7243089960171244

The start of captivity -- The colonial prisoners in Franco-German diplomacy -- The German treatment of the colonial prisoners in France -- French guards for colonial prisoners -- German propaganda for Muslim prisoners -- The labor of colonial prisoners -- The physical and mental state of the prisoners -- Human relations: co-prisoners and civilians -- Colonial prisoners and the end of the war.

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France France., Armée Germany Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Prisonnie… History Prisoners of war Prisoners of war -- History -- 20th cen… Prisoners of war -- History -- 20th cen… Prisonniers de guerre -- Histoire -- 20… Prisonniers de guerre -- Histoire -- 20… World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and p…