Beau livre - Ed du Cabri 2001 - 31.5 x 23.5 cm - hardback 21 - Lot 980

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Beau livre - Ed du Cabri 2001 - 31.5 x 23.5 cm - hardback 21 - Lot 980
Beau livre - Ed du Cabri 2001 - 31.5 x 23.5 cm - hardback 212 pages. 1914 - 1918, LES ALPES MARITIMES DANS LA GUERRE, by Jean Pierre GARACIO. A lavishly illustrated book devoted to the Great War, with national events linked to events in the Côte d'Azur context, and Sospel in particular; a micro-history that provides a better understanding of the tragedies experienced by a Mentonnais village community during these bloody years. Between 1914 and 1918, the Alpes Maritimes lost 9120 killed in action, including 3823 from rural areas, among them 132 from Sospel, 47 from Moulin and 12 from Castillon. organization of transport, food quotas, war memorials, 65 pages on the war as seen by the local press, life in the rear, 29 pages on Sospellois. biographical evocation of these common soldiers - the youngest died at 20, the oldest at 47... mobilized in some sixty different units (chasseurs alpins, coloniale, infantry, artillery, navy...) captivity in Germany.... ONE HELL OF A JOB OF RESEARCH AND REMEMBRANCE.
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