Robert Tombs is Professor of French History at the University of Cambridge, UK.Emile Chabal is a Chancellor’s Fellow in History at the University of Edinburgh, UK.

The contributions offer a vivid illustration of how the same event can yield sharply divergent memories in two neighbouring countries.

• General Introduction: Robert Tombs Part I - The First World War Introduction: Gary Sheffield 1. Why Allies: Necessity or Folly? John Keiger2. Sacrifice and Slaughter: Two Armies, Two Wars? William Philpott3. The Push to Victory, 1918: The Allied Contributions, Elizabeth Greenhalgh Part II - The Second World WarIntroduction: Emile Chabal and Akhila Yechury 4. 1940: The French Army and the BEF, Martin Alexander 5. The British, the Free French, and Resistance, Sebastien Albertelli 6. Liberation: The British Contribution, Olivier WieviorkaPart III - Remembering and ForgettingIntroduction: Philip Bell 7. The First World War, Jay Winter8. The Second World War, Robert Frank 9. An Overview, David ReynoldsIndex

Robert Tombs is Professor of French History at the University of Cambridge, UK.Emile Chabal is a Chancellor’s Fellow in History at the University of Edinburgh, UK.

The contributions offer a vivid illustration of how the same event can yield sharply divergent memories in two neighbouring countries.

• General Introduction: Robert Tombs Part I - The First World War Introduction: Gary Sheffield 1. Why Allies: Necessity or Folly? John Keiger2. Sacrifice and Slaughter: Two Armies, Two Wars? William Philpott3. The Push to Victory, 1918: The Allied Contributions, Elizabeth Greenhalgh Part II - The Second World WarIntroduction: Emile Chabal and Akhila Yechury 4. 1940: The French Army and the BEF, Martin Alexander 5. The British, the Free French, and Resistance, Sebastien Albertelli 6. Liberation: The British Contribution, Olivier WieviorkaPart III - Remembering and ForgettingIntroduction: Philip Bell 7. The First World War, Jay Winter8. The Second World War, Robert Frank 9. An Overview, David ReynoldsIndex