World War II vichy French security troops / Stephen M. Cullen ; illustrated by Mark Stacey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cullen, Stephen Michael, author.

Contributor:

Stacey, Mark, illustrator.

Series:

Men-at-arms series.

Men-At-Arms

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Warfare, Prehistoric.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (50 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

World War two vichy French security troops

World War 2 vichy French security troops

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England ; New York, New York : Osprey Publishing, 2018.

Summary:

After the Fall of France in 1940, a new puppet state was set up in the south. Officially known as the French State, it is better known as Vichy France. This collaborationist Vichy regime's armed forces were more active and usually more numerous than German troops in the task of hunting down and crushing the maquis - the French Resistance guerrilla forces This book will cover the organization and operations of Vichy French Security Forces, including: the new Vichy Police Nationale, particularly their Groupes Mobiles de Reserve, the Service d'Ordre Légionnaire, and the Milice Francaise, a ruthless anti-Resistance militia armed partly with British weapons captured from SOE airdrops. Fully illustrated throughout with contemporary photographs and commissioned artwork, it tells the story of Occupied France from the perspective of those who sought to keep it in German hands.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed March 17, 2018).

ISBN:

9781472827746

1472827740

9781472827739

1472827732

OCLC:

1021803983