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Dictionary of Free France and World War II in Cartoons

By Sébastien Vincent

Dictionary of Free France , under the direction of Francois Pin, Georges Ca ï tucoli and Jean-François Muracciole, Paris, Mouthpieces, 2010, 1602 P.

More than 70 years after the famous call of 18 June, Dictionary of Free France traces "a collective history made, as the Resistance, the conjunction of fates borne and nourished individual initiatives, "according to the formula of Jean-Louis Cremieux-Brilhac. Free France was an adventure, both known and unknown.

The multiple facets, moments and singularities of motion are first gathered in this monumental historical dictionary, thematic, biographical and "memorial" which has more of 1350 entries. More than 136 specialists from nine countries, witnesses and leading researchers, participated in the project published under the auspices of the Foundation of Free France, with the assistance of the Union of injured of the face and head (UBFT), the Foundation "Broken Faces" Bettencours-Schueller Foundation, the National Federation Andre Maginot veterans and war victims, the Department of memory, heritage and archives Ministry of Defence (DMPA).

A short bibliography, but well chosen, accompanies c ach record. Entries cover such issues as the movement's history and present biographies of key figures, like Jean Moulin and Pierre Brossolette, the inner life of Free France, including in recruiting, financing, internal dissensions, of its perception by Vichy, the Giraud, Germans, Anglo-Saxons and Italians and the insertion of the movement in the history of political ideas. Other records show the post-war controversy and the place of Free France in the national memory, in textbooks, literature, cinema and museums.

A article deals specifically with the movement in Canada. He talks about the appeal launched on 1 August 1940 to French Canadians. This call seeking, among other things, to rally to the movement's most important community French outside France. But the results did wait until 1941 because at least the Free France "in Canada had to suffer from relative indifference." Then came a slow period of recognition, thanks to the actions of Elizabeth Miribel, Representative Charles de Gaulle in Canada, and those of the diplomat Gabriel Bonneau, beginning in 1943. Less than a year later, the general, became president of the Provisional Government, made a triumphant visit to Canada. In this brief bibliography entry, found the book particularly Eric Amyot Quebec between Pétain and de Gaulle. Vichy, France Libre French Canadians (Fides, 1999).

Authors

Caïtucoli George is vice president of the Foundation of Free France, Francois Pin is director of Hope, the journal of the Foundation Charles de Gaulle, and J ean-Francois Muracciole , is professor of contemporary history at the University Paul Valery of Montpellier.

Mark Bryant World War II in Cartoons , Wiaz preface, translated from English by Christian Séruzier, Paris, Hugo and Co., 2009, 160 p.

shameless propaganda, devastating humor, violence of the line ... nothing escapes the sharp pencils designers. And the whole history of the Second World War scrolling, since the rise of Nazism to the joys of liberation.

More than 350 cartoons from the years 1939-1945, black and white and color, selected among 5000 drawings! From newspapers, posters or in prison camps, they make us all share the view that the Allied forces the Axis.

A book as fascinating as it is entertaining! An original way of dealing with conflict.

Read also the article by historian Robert Aird published on this site dealing specifically with the c aricature in Quebec during the conflict .

Author

Mark Bryant holds a doctorate in history and an expert on cartoons.