Gun control in Nazi-occupied France : tyranny and resistance / Stephen P. Halbrook.
2018
KJV5257 .H35 2018 (Mapit)
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Title
Gun control in Nazi-occupied France : tyranny and resistance / Stephen P. Halbrook.
Imprint
Oakland, California : Independent Institute, [2018]
Description
xix, 242 pages ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction
Crisis in the third republic
Pierre Laval decrees firearm registration
Blitzkrieg, defeat, and twenty-four hours to turn in your gun or be shot
Occupation and collaboration
Weapons possession : the core of criminal activities of the French
Amnesty or execution
Arms for the resistance?
Liberation
Concluding thoughts.
Crisis in the third republic
Pierre Laval decrees firearm registration
Blitzkrieg, defeat, and twenty-four hours to turn in your gun or be shot
Occupation and collaboration
Weapons possession : the core of criminal activities of the French
Amnesty or execution
Arms for the resistance?
Liberation
Concluding thoughts.
Summary
"Nazi Germany invaded France in 1940. In every occupied town, Nazi soldiers put up posters that demanded that civilians surrender their firearms within twenty-four hours or else be shot. Despite the consequences, many French citizens refused to comply with the order. In Gun Control in Nazi-Occupied France: Tyranny and Resistance, Stephen P. Halbrook tells this story of Nazi repression and the brave French men and women who refused to surrender to it. Taking advantage of a prewar 1935 French gun registration law, the Nazis used registration records kept by the French police to easily locate gun owners to enforce their demand that firearms be surrendered. Countless French citizens faced firing squads for refusing to comply. But many French citizens had resisted the 1935 decree, preventing the Nazis from fully enforcing the confiscation order. Throughout the Nazi occupation, the French Resistance grew, arming itself to conduct resistance activities and fight back against the occupation. Drawing on records of the German occupation and testimonies from members of the French resistance, Gun Control in Nazi-Occupied France is the first book to focus on the Nazis' efforts to disarm the French"-- Provided by publisher.
Note
"Independent Institute book."
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Available in Other Form
Online version: Halbrook, Stephen P. Gun control in Nazi occupied-France. Oakland, California : Independent Institute, 2018
Call Number
KJV5257 .H35 2018
Language
English
ISBN
9781598133073 hardcover
1598133071 hardcover
9781598133080 paperback
159813308X paperback
1598133071 hardcover
9781598133080 paperback
159813308X paperback
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