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In June 1940 the French Army that Europe had known and feared since Louis XIV vanished in the most overwhelming defeat ever suffered by the military force of a modern nation. This is the story of what really happened to that army.

Originally published in 1966.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright
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  1. Preface
  2. ROBERT O. PAXTON
  3. pp. vii-x
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  1. Contents
  2. p. xi
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  1. I. June 1940: The French Army Lives On
  2. pp. 3-38
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  1. II. L'Armée Nouvelle
  2. pp. 39-62
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  1. III. July-December 1940: Neutrality or Revanche?
  2. pp. 63-93
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  1. IV. A Plague on Both Their Houses
  2. pp. 94-140
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  1. V. Liberation in Captivity
  2. pp. 141-182
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  1. VI. The Officers Turned Schoolmaster
  2. pp. 183-213
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  1. VII. 1941: Neutrality Entrenched
  2. pp. 214-252
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  1. VIII. The Uses and Abuses of Freedom: Officers in Politics, 1941-42
  2. pp. 253-281
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  1. IX. The Party of Revanche: Resistance in the Armistice Army
  2. pp. 282-310
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  1. X. 1942: Neutrality Threatened
  2. pp. 311-343
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  1. XI. November 1942: Neutrality Defended
  2. pp. 344-390
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  1. XII. After November 1942: The Officers Dispersed
  2. pp. 391-417
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  1. XIII. In the Mainstream of French Army Tradition
  2. pp. 418-440
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  1. Bibliographical Note
  2. pp. 441-448
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  1. Abbreviations and Short Titles Used in Footnotes
  2. pp. 449-460
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  1. Index
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