World War Ii Vichy French Security Troops (men-at-arms)
by Stephen M. Cullen /
2018 / English / PDF
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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 .
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 covers 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.
This book covers 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.
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.
