Exile in London : the experience of Czechoslovakia and the other occupied nations, 1939-1945 / Vi ́t Smetana, Kathleen Geaney (eds).

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Governments in exile.

World War, 1939-1945.

Governments in exile.

World War, 1939-1945--Czechoslovakia.

Physical Description:

207 pages

Place of Publication:

Prague Charles University, Karolinum Press 2017.

Contents:

I The Existence and Challenges Faced by the Exile Governments in London 11

Limited Influence: the British and the Governments-in-Exile of Poland, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia 12 / Detlef Brandes

Belgium in Exile: The Experience of the Second World War 20 / Chantdl Kesteloot

A Cold Shower in International Reality: Redefining the Dutch International Position 1940-1945 32 / Albert E. Kersten

Between Scylla and Charybdis: The Polish Government-in-Exile's Position with Its Allies and in Poland, 1940-1945 50 / Anita J. Prazmowska

From Re-Emergence to Uncertainties: The Changing Position of Czechoslovakia in London throughout the Second World War 59 / Vít Smetana

The Factors Shaping the International Political Status and the Foreign Policy of the Czechoslovak Authorities in Exile, 1939-1945 72 / Radoslaw Pawel Zurawski vel Grajewski

Polish and Czechoslovak Governments-in-Exile (and the Impact of Soviet Foreign Policy) in Russian Historiography 84 / Victoria V. Vasilenko

II The Armed Forces of the Occupied Countries and their Political Significance 93

Together into Battle: The Armies in Exile: Considerable Value or "a Drop in the Ocean"? 94 / Zdenko Maršálek

The Yugoslav Armed Forces in Exile: From the Yugoslav Royal Guard Battalion to the Overseas Brigades 111 / Blaz Torkar

"The Most Difficult Country": Some Practical Considerations on British Support for Clandestine Operations in Czechoslovakia during the Second World War 122 / Mark Seaman

III Preparing in Exile a Post-War Solution of the Minorities Question 133

Was There an Alternative to the "Transfer" of German Minorities from Czechoslovakia and Poland during the 1939-1944

Discussions on Post-War Euroby the Governments-in-Exile? 134 / Jan Kuklík - Jan Nemecek

Citizenship and Property Rights of "Our Germans": The Development between 1943 and 1945 of the Legal Status of Germans in Post-War Czechoslovakia 160 / Matej Spumy

The Czechoslovak Government-in-Exile and the Legacy of Population Transfers: An Analysis of the English Language Discourse 167 / Martin D. Brown

The End of the International Protection of Minorities under the Auspices of the League of Nations 191 / René Petrás

IV Propaganda and Education in War-Time Britain 199

Bruce Lockhart, British Political Warfare and Occupied Europe 200 / Richard Overy

"Anything that is dear to their hearts": Czechoslovak History and Culture in the London Broadcasts, 1939-1945 218 / Erica Harrison

Walking on Egg-Shells: The Czechoslovak Exiles and Anti-Semitism in Occupied Euroduring the Second World War 227 / Jan Lánícek

Truth Conquers... Political Pamphlets of the Czech and Slovak Opposition versus Edvard Bene¿ and the Czechoslovak Government-in-Exile 255 / Dušan Segeš

Looking for French, Anglophile or Soviet Inspiration? The Diplomatic Struggle for the Post-war Orientation of Czechoslovak Education and Culture 276 / Doubravka Olšáková.

ISBN:

9788024637013

8024637014

OCLC:

1031899454