Caroline Moorehead

Stemming the human tide

Long before the Allies landed in Normandy in June 1944 and began their advance across France, preparations were underway for what to do about the civilians who had been displaced by the German occupiers.

  • The Long Road Home: The Aftermath of the Second World War

    Ben Shephard

    Bodley Head, pp. 486

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