The Paris game : Charles de Gaulle, the liberation of Paris, and the gamble that won France

The Paris game : Charles de Gaulle, the liberation of Paris, and the gamble that won France / Ray Argyle ; foreword by Maurice Vaïsse.

At a crucial moment in the Second World War, an obscure French general reaches a fateful personal decision: to fight on alone after his government's flight from Paris and its capitulation to Nazi Germany.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Argyle, Ray (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto : Dundurn Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Gaulle, Charles de, > 1890-1970.
Gaulle, Charles de, > 1890-1970
1940-1945
Generals > France > Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Presidents & Heads of State.
Generals
Paris (France) > History > 1940-1944.
France > History > German occupation, 1940-1945.
France
France > Paris
Electronic books.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The players
  • Chronology
  • Days of darkness : the hand is dealt
  • Days of Defiance : the wild card is drawn
  • Days of might : the bet is called
  • Days of liberation : the stakes are raised
  • Days of glory : the wager is won.

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