Showing Occupation: The Ordeal of France 1940-1944 by Ian Ousby
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Defeat in 1940 left the French so chastened and demoralized that they readily supported the Vichy regime, committed not just to pragmatic collaboration but to finding scapegoats for the nation's disgrace - from Jews to school teachers and freemasons. This is a history of this time.