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Mussolini's army in the French Riviera : Italy's occupation of France / Emanuele Sica.

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"In contrast to its brutal seizure of the Balkans, the Italian Army's 1940-1943 relatively mild occupation of the French Riviera and nearby alpine regions bred the myth of the Italian brava gente, or good fellow, an agreeable occupier who abstained from the savage wartime behaviors so comm...

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Main Author: Sica, Emanuele, 1975-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2016.
Series:History of military occupation.
Subjects:
Italy. > Esercito > History > World War, 1939-1945.
France > History > Italian occupation, 1942-1943.
World War, 1939-1945 > France > Riviera.
World War, 1939-1945 > Social aspects > France > Riviera.
Riviera (France) > History, Military > 20th century.
Riviera (France) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Italy. > Esercito.
Social aspects.
Social conditions.
France.
France > Riviera.
History.
Military history.
Table of Contents:
  • Chronology of the Italian Occupation of Southeastern France
  • Part I. The Latin Sisters and the Coming of the Second World War
  • Introduction
  • Countdown to War
  • Part II. The Armistice Period : June 1940-November 1942
  • The Italian Armistice Commission with France (CIAF)
  • Italian Irredentism and French Patriotism in the Cote d'Azur
  • A Prelude to Full Occupation
  • Part III. The Italian Occupation of Southeastern France : November 1942-September 1943
  • The November 1942 Invasion
  • The Italians Settle In
  • Life under the Occupation
  • Military Repression, Civilian Resistance
  • Collaboration and Accommodation
  • The Italian Jewish Policy in France
  • Drawing the Curtain on the Occupation
  • Conclusion.

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