D-Day, 6 June 1944; a day that has gone down in history as one of the most crucial steps towards Allied victory of the Second World War. But what is known of the thousands of young Frenchmen and women who were formed into small, untrained armies and used as bait by the Allied powers to distract the German forces from the invasion beaches? These civilians were scattered through the French forests and hill country, and they believed that Allied forces would arrive to help them drive the hated Nazi occupiers out of France; but this support never arrived. Instead they were abandoned, to be hunted down by collaborationist French paramilitaries, Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS troops. Those that were lucky died quickly; the unlucky ones survived a they were brutally raped and tortured before being shot, or were deported to death camps in Germany. With rare, striking and often harrowing photographs of the people, places and events of this period, Boyd reveals the startling truth of the prologue to the D-Day landings, highlighting atrocities that should never be forgotten.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
T.H.E. Hi-Story Press LTD
ISBN-13
9780752470269
eBay Product ID (ePID)
114380792
Product Key Features
Book Title
Blood in the Snow, Blood on the Grass: Treachery, Torture, Murder and Massacre-France 1944
Author
Douglas Boyd
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
History
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
234mm
Item Width
156mm
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Douglas Boyd
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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