Curtains. It didnt matter. Four days later we heard shouting. Everybody. People were screaming. The french army had arrived. I kissed my husband. We began to realize how unhappy we have been ppfor years. How lucky we were to be alive on this evening in august. Professor university of wisconsin madison Mary Louise Roberts is a history professor at the, Mary Louise Roberts is a history professor at the university of wisconsin madison. Joining us this morning on American History tv, washington journal on our focus on dday to talk about her book dday through french eyes. Professor roberts, we just heard video from the liberation of paris later that summer. Take us back to before the invasion. What was normandy like on june 5 . What were the citizens like . The french had been under German Occupation since 1940. In normandy, the food situation was better than the rest of france. It was the dairyland of france. I tell my students, the wisconsin of france. There was more abundant food. At the
At the beginning of august we were seized what could be confirmed was towards the middle of the month the germans started to leave the city. Yes, those those were the same germans who assigned 25 year on their pockets. Then on the 14th normandy went on strike. The next day the gestapo that was the day that the police car opened fire on the national guard. After that it seems the french flag was hanging from every window. Two days later we started running. Me, my husband, people were clinging. The french army had. I kissed my husband. He began to realize how unhappy we had been for years and how lucky we were to be alive on this august day. Mary Louise Roberts is a history professor at the university of wisconsin madison. Joining us this morning and our focus on dday to talk about her book, dday through franchise. Prof. Roberts, we just heard video from the liberation of paris later that summer but take us back to before the invasion. What was normandy like on june 5 . The french had be
Questions. This is 40 minutes. At the beginning of august what could be concerned was towards the middle of the month, the germans chose to leave the city. Then on the 14th our police went on strike. That was the day when a police car opened fire and began the battle. After that, it seems the french flag was hanging from every women. The flags were made from curtains, everything it didnt matter. Four days later we heard shouting coming. As we ran, the french army had arrived. I kissed my husband. We began to realize how unhappy we had been for four years and how lucky we were to be alive. Mary Louise Roberts is a history professor at the university of wisconsin madison joining us here on American History tv in our focus on d day to talk about her book d day through french eyes normandy 1944. Professor roberts, we just showed some video from the liberation of paris later that summer. Take us back to before the invasion. What was normandy like on june 5. What were the citizens of normand
Went on strike. That was the day when a police car opened fire and began the battle. After that, it seems the french flag was hanging from every women. The flags were made from curtains, everything it didnt matter. Four days later we heard shouting coming. As we ran, the french army had arrived. I kissed my husband. We began to realize how unhappy we had been for four years and how lucky we were to be alive. Mary Louise Roberts is a history professor at the university of wisconsin madison joining us here on American History tv in our focus on d day to talk about her book d day through french eyes normandy 1944. Professor roberts, we just showed some video from the liberation of paris later that summer. Take us back to before the invasion. What was normandy like on june 5. What were the citizens of normandy like . Well, the french had been under German Occupation since 1940. In normandy the food situation was better than the rest of france because it was the dairyland of france. I tell
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