1914-1940

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1914-1940

The hollow years

France in the 1930s
1994
Chronicles the political, economic, and social conditions in 1930s France as the country struggled to recover from one war and prepare for the next.

To lose a battle

France 1940
1990
A comprehensive, day-by-day description of the Nazi invasion of France in 1940, taken from eye-witness accounts and documents from both sides.

Marie, dancing

2005
A fictionalized autobiography of Marie Van Goethem, the impoverished student from the Paris Opera ballet school who became the model for Edgar Degas's famous sculpture, "The Little Dancer.".

Georges Clemenceau

1987
A biography of the French statesman who led his country through the latter part of World War I and who, as premier of France, presided over the Paris Peace Conference after the war.

Their finest hour

1985
Covers the problems confronted by Churchill as he becomes Prime Minister, the Battle of France, the story of Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain, and the rebuilding of England's Army.

The silver donkey

2006
In France during World War I, four French children learn about honesty, loyalty, and courage from an English army deserter who tells them a series of stories related to his small, silver donkey charm.

The silver donkey

2007
In France during World War I, four French children learn about honesty, loyalty, and courage from an English army deserter who tells them a series of stories related to his small, silver donkey charm.

The collapse of the Third Republic

an inquiry into the fall of France in 1940
1969

Their finest hour

1949
Covers the problems confronted by Churchill as he becomes Prime Minister, the Battle of France, the story of Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain, and the rebuilding of England's Army.

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