France under fire : German invasion, civilian flight, and family survival during World War II

Subject: Introduction: no more 'behind the lines'. - Part I. Civilians in the Line of Fire: 1. Securing the homeland; 2. Mothers move against military and bureaucratic entrenchment; 3. Pulling the plug on the city of lights; 4. Civilian survival on the open road. - Part II. Refugees, Rights, and Return in a Divided Land: 5. Provincial towns feed and shelter refugees; 6. Paving the road for refugees' return; 7. German exclusions inaugurate a policy of ethnic cleansing; 8. Disappointment and despair in the occupied zone. - Conclusion. xv, 312 p. : ill., krt. ; 24 cm.