Children under the Allied bombs in France provides a unique perspective on the Allied bombing of France during the Second World War which killed around 57,000 French civilians. Using oral history as well as archival research, it provides an insight into children's wartime lives in which bombing often featured prominently, even though it has slipped out of French collective memory. How prepared were the French for this aerial onslaught? What was it like to be bombed? And how did people understand why their 'friends' across the Channel were attacking them? Divided into three parts dealing with expectations, experiences and explanations of bombing, this book considers the child's view of wartime violence, analysing resilience, understanding and trauma. It contributes significantly to scholarship on civilian life in Occupied France, and will appeal to students, academics and general readers interested in the history of Vichy France, oral history and the experiences of children in war.

About the Author
Lindsey Dodd is Senior Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of Huddersfield

Reviews

'...makes excellent use of oral history interviews to create a compelling narrative of children's experiences of air raids in France during the Second World War'
Lucy Noakes, University of Brighton

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Book Information
ISBN 9780719097041
Author Lindsey Dodd
Format Hardback
Page Count 280
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publisher Manchester University Press
Weight(grams) 499g
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 138mm * 19mm