Fighters Across Frontiers: Transnational Resistance in Europe, 1936-48 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781526151247)

This landmark book, the product of years of research by a team of two dozen historians, reveals that resistance to occupation by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy during the Second World War was not narrowly delineated by country but startlingly international. Tens of thousands of fighters across Europe resisted 'transnationally', travelling to join networks far from their homes. These 'foreigners' were often communists and Jews who were already being persecuted and on the move. Others were expatriate business people, escaped POWs, forced labourers or deserters. Their experiences would prove personally transformative and greatly affected the course of the conflict. From the International Brigades in Spain to the onset of the Cold War and the foundation of the state of Israel, they played a significant part in a period of upheaval and change during the long Second World War.

Author: Robert Gildea
ISBN-10: 1526151243
ISBN-13: 9781526151247
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/05/2020
Pages: 376
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.20w x 1.30d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 09/01/2021