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. -- Robert Boyce www.histoire-politique.fr These essays are an excellent advertisement for comparative history: this approach sheds further light on the relationship between war and memory in both countries ... This collection demonstrates that approaches in military and diplomatic history can effectively incorporate elements of cultural history, and vice versa. -- Vincent Trott Reviews in History These essays penned by experts in the field comprise a compelling whole, reminding us that the interaction between truth, myth and memory is complex and fascinating - and even more so when the Franco-British relationship is involved. -- James E. Connolly French History Robert Tombs is an expert on Franco-British relations both academically and personally ... he and research fellow Emile Chabal brought a Premier League Franco-British team to St John's College Cambridge to discuss the 'Truth, Myth and Memory' of the complex relationship between Britain and France in two world wars ... Britain and France is a good example how a group of historians can write good comparative history. -- Robert Gildea Modern & Contemporary France This volume is an immensely engaging and wide-ranging work of scholarship, with valuable and original insights into the Anglo-French experience and memory of both world wars. -- Heather Jones The London School of Economics and Political Science

• 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. -- Robert Boyce www.histoire-politique.fr These essays are an excellent advertisement for comparative history: this approach sheds further light on the relationship between war and memory in both countries ... This collection demonstrates that approaches in military and diplomatic history can effectively incorporate elements of cultural history, and vice versa. -- Vincent Trott Reviews in History These essays penned by experts in the field comprise a compelling whole, reminding us that the interaction between truth, myth and memory is complex and fascinating - and even more so when the Franco-British relationship is involved. -- James E. Connolly French History Robert Tombs is an expert on Franco-British relations both academically and personally ... he and research fellow Emile Chabal brought a Premier League Franco-British team to St John's College Cambridge to discuss the 'Truth, Myth and Memory' of the complex relationship between Britain and France in two world wars ... Britain and France is a good example how a group of historians can write good comparative history. -- Robert Gildea Modern & Contemporary France This volume is an immensely engaging and wide-ranging work of scholarship, with valuable and original insights into the Anglo-French experience and memory of both world wars. -- Heather Jones The London School of Economics and Political Science

• 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. -- Robert Boyce www.histoire-politique.fr These essays are an excellent advertisement for comparative history: this approach sheds further light on the relationship between war and memory in both countries ... This collection demonstrates that approaches in military and diplomatic history can effectively incorporate elements of cultural history, and vice versa. -- Vincent Trott Reviews in History These essays penned by experts in the field comprise a compelling whole, reminding us that the interaction between truth, myth and memory is complex and fascinating - and even more so when the Franco-British relationship is involved. -- James E. Connolly French History Robert Tombs is an expert on Franco-British relations both academically and personally ... he and research fellow Emile Chabal brought a Premier League Franco-British team to St John's College Cambridge to discuss the 'Truth, Myth and Memory' of the complex relationship between Britain and France in two world wars ... Britain and France is a good example how a group of historians can write good comparative history. -- Robert Gildea Modern & Contemporary France This volume is an immensely engaging and wide-ranging work of scholarship, with valuable and original insights into the Anglo-French experience and memory of both world wars. -- Heather Jones The London School of Economics and Political Science

• 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