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03934aam a2200565 i 4500 001 8D62FA34840911E89478B85797128E48 003 SILO 005 20180710010618 008 180319s2018 caua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2017055816 020 $a 159813308X 020 $a 9781598133080 020 $a 1598133071 020 $a 9781598133073 035 $a (OCoLC)1029790900 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d BDX $d OCLCF $d YDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-fr--- 050 00 $a KJV5257 $b .H35 2018 084 $a HIS013000 $a HIS013000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Halbrook, Stephen P., $e author. 245 10 $a Gun control in Nazi-occupied France : $b tyranny and resistance / $c Stephen P. Halbrook. 264 1 $a Oakland, California : $b Independent Institute, $c [2018] 300 $a xix, 242 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Independent Institute book 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- Crisis in the third republic -- Pierre Laval decrees firearm registration -- Blitzkrieg, defeat, and twenty-four hours to turn in your gun or be shot -- Occupation and collaboration -- Weapons possession : the core of criminal activities of the French -- Amnesty or execution -- Arms for the resistance? -- Liberation -- Concluding thoughts. 520 $a "Nazi Germany invaded France in 1940. In every occupied town, Nazi soldiers put up posters that demanded that civilians surrender their firearms within twenty-four hours or else be shot. Despite the consequences, many French citizens refused to comply with the order. In Gun Control in Nazi-Occupied France: Tyranny and Resistance, Stephen P. Halbrook tells this story of Nazi repression and the brave French men and women who refused to surrender to it. Taking advantage of a prewar 1935 French gun registration law, the Nazis used registration records kept by the French police to easily locate gun owners to enforce their demand that firearms be surrendered. Countless French citizens faced firing squads for refusing to comply. But many French citizens had resisted the 1935 decree, preventing the Nazis from fully enforcing the confiscation order. Throughout the Nazi occupation, the French Resistance grew, arming itself to conduct resistance activities and fight back against the occupation. Drawing on records of the German occupation and testimonies from members of the French resistance, Gun Control in Nazi-Occupied France is the first book to focus on the Nazis' efforts to disarm the French"-- $c Provided by publisher. 611 27 $a German Occupation of France (1940-1945) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01353176 611 27 $a World War (1939-1945) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01180924 650 0 $a Firearms $x History $z France $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Gun control $z France $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Law and legislation $z France. 651 0 $a France $x History $y German occupation, 1940-1945. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Underground movements $z France. 650 7 $a HISTORY $x World War II. $x World War II. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a HISTORY $z Europe $x France. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Firearms $x Law and legislation. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00925588 650 7 $a Gun control. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00949382 650 7 $a Legislation. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00995636 650 7 $a Underground movements, War. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01355184 651 7 $a France. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204289 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a Halbrook, Stephen P. $t Gun control in Nazi occupied-France. $d Oakland, California : Independent Institute, 2018 $z 9781598133097 $w (DLC) 2018013816 830 0 $a Independent Institute book. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231019023744.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20190802012648.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8D62FA34840911E89478B85797128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search