Summary
A Hard-hitting book by a Bath historian which criticises the French government for failing its citizens during the 1940 Nazi invasion was launched in the city yesterday.
Fleeing Hitler: France 1940, by Dr Hanna Diamond, pictured, says that the French cabinet fled Paris without giving adequate instructions to its inhabitants, and its local government and police were among the millions who took to the trains and roads.See the full content of this document
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Historian Launches Controversial Book in City
"Without wishing to be judgmental, my personal view is that they messed it up - the French were let down," said Dr Diamond...
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