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Author:

Alford, Kenneth D., author.

Title:

American crimes and the liberation of Paris : robbery, rape and murder by renegade GIs, 1944-1947 / Kenneth D. Alford.

Publisher:

McFarland & CompanyInc., Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

viii, 232 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Paris.--Paris.
Military offenses--United States--History--20th century.
War crimes--Paris--Paris--History--20th century.
Organized crime--Paris--Paris--History--20th century.
Military atrocities--History--20th century.
Paris (France)--History--1940-1944.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The German capture of Paris -- D-Day, June 6, 1944 -- The 29th Machine Records Unit -- The hangings -- The liberation of Paris -- Paris, city of lights -- The officer's formal mess -- The mess and billeting office of the Hotel Astra -- The black market -- Paris detention barracks -- The Vincennes gang -- The Channel Islands crash -- The Voltaire Gang -- The Lola murder -- The 2nd Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment -- The Million-Dollar Battalion -- The arrest of men of the Million-Dollar Battalion -- The cigarette trials -- A review of the trials -- The execution of Private Slovik -- Postwar Paris -- Martinez's early years -- Martinez returns to Germany -- Springtime in Paris -- Murder in La Place Pigalle -- The trials -- Mannheim Prison: maximum security -- The inevitable end.

Summary:

"The Allies' triumphant march into Paris in 1944 was met with cheering crowds of liberated Parisians. After the cheering stopped, American deserters and their French cohorts violently exploited the city with the ruthless efficiency of the Chicago mobs of the 1920s. This book details the exploits of these "liberators" and identifies both French and American offenders"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0786496800
9780786496808

OCLC:

(OCoLC)928751241

LCCN:

2015043554

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)