THEY FOLLOWED DE GAULLE - History of the French Women Volunteers Corps
THEY FOLLOWED DE GAULLE - History of the French Women Volunteers Corps

THEY FOLLOWED DE GAULLE – History of the Corps of French Women Volunteers

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The first female military unit in the history of the French army, the Corps féminin, created in London in 1940 and renamed the following year the Corps des Volontaires françaises (CVF), was in many respects exceptional.

 

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For the first time, women experienced life in barracks and submission to a female military hierarchy. In all, more than six hundred chose this path between 1940 and 1944 to join the Free French Forces and General de Gaulle.
How did they manage to reach London, where this unit was based? What were the reasons that drove them to enlist in the army? What roles were assigned to them? In what ways did their commitment differ from that of men? How did they experience their exile and the mistrust of the British and/or the Gaullists upon their arrival? Did they have romantic relationships in London? How did some manage to be sent on clandestine missions into France? How many of these Volunteers paid with their lives for this commitment? And what became of the CVF at the end of the war?


These are among the many questions answered by Sébastien Albertelli, who met some of these women. Drawing on his intimate knowledge of the conflict, he brings their story out of the family circle, relying on individual, emblematic, and well-documented life stories to reconstruct a collective history that has been unjustly overlooked.

Author 1
Sébastien Albertelli
Publication date
January 2020
Pages
542
Cover
Paperback
Language
French
Publisher
PERRIN
EAN
9782262075880

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