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The messy US invasion of France in WWII with Robert Fuller

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Robert Fuller is a professor and historian who took on the task of understanding the true nature of the US presence of France in WWII. We spoke about the war and the many ways in which France did and did not cooperate with the US during WWII. After D-Day: The U.S. Army Encounters the French (LSU Press, 2021)

0:41 – Robert talks about how he got into studying the US in France.

2:16 – Robert talks about how he laid the book out.

4:00 – Robert talks about the occupation of France.

5:04 – Robert talks about what was problematic between France and the US.

9:45 – Robert goes into details about problems at the ground level.

13:58 – Robert talks about French citizens who sympathized with the Nazis.

18:07 – Robert goes into detail about what happened in France after V-E day.

20:39 – Robert talks about what happened to the Germans in southwest France.

23:04 – Robert talks about de Gaulle.

24:48 – Robert talks about the aid given to France by the US.

28:09 – Robert talks about communism in France.

33:38 – Robert talks about research that didn’t make it into the book.

36:20 – Robert talks about French colonial territories.

42:08 – Robert talks about New Caledonia.

43:47 – Robert talks about French islands in the Caribbean.

47:37 – Robert talks about what resources he used for the book including the French town archives he went to.

52:42 – Robert talks about an American riot by the 101st in France.

54:32 – Robert talks about American crime and gangs in France.

57:15 – Robert talks about the size of the black market in France.

1:02:53 – Robert talks about the Red Ball Express.

1:05:20 – Robert talks about the Nazi massacre of French school girls.

1:06:21 – Robert talks about traveling through France.

1:15:17 – Information on the book can be found at the LSU Press website.

Links of interest

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https://lsupress.org/books/detail/after-d-day/

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Guests: Robert Fuller

Host: Cris Alvarez

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