Table of Contents

Introduction 1 The Debacle of May/June 1940 2 Free France in Africa 3 The Battle of Britain and the Thirteen Apostles of Charles de Gaulle 4 Growth of the Free French Air Force in 1941 5 The Birth of 340 (Ile de France) Squadron 6 War from the Desert to the Atlantic 7 War by Attrition and the Raid on Dieppe 8 Progress of the Free French Movement 1942-43 9 Formation of 341 (Alsace) Squadron in the United Kingdom 10 342 (Lorraine) Squadron enters the European Battle 11 Survive, Evade, Escape 12 D-Day: Preparation and Execution 13 Liberation 14 War to the Bitter End 15 Aftermath 16 Conclusions Appendices Bibliography Index.

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An examination of the relationship between the Royal Air Force and the French Fighter pilots who flew for the RAF during WWII.

About the Author

G. H. Bennett is Reader in History at the University of Plymouth. He is the author of ten books including Roosevelt's Peacetime Administrations 1933-41: A Documentary History of the New Deal Years (MUP) and Survivors: British Merchant Seamen in the Second World War. He lives in Cornwall.

Reviews

Bennett's research is supported by a solid range of sources and delivers a convincing study on a subject rarely explored in English. He delivers a subtle analysis of De Gaulle's political use of Free French pilots to establish his authority over the French in exile during and after the war... The RAF's French Foreign Legion is an important contribution to the history of the French Free movement and the history of aviation during the Second World War in general.
*French History, vol 26, no 1, March 2012*