The Communist Resistance in the Haute-Vienne

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ID8940337
AuthorsSarah Farmer (0000-0003-4752-1041, corresponding author)
Year1985
Volume14
Issue1
Pages89-89
Publication date1985-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrench Historical Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0016-1071 • E-ISSN: 1527-5493
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/286415
OpenAlexW2320206175
LanguageEN
Citations received2

The French Communist Party entered the Second World War in a state of political disgrace and disarray. Communist support of the Hitler-Stalin Pact had outraged the national community and led parliament to outlaw the Party on August 26, 1939. When the Germans defeated France in June 1940, the French Communist party (PCF) faced a dilemma of divided loyalties. Despite the presence of German soldiers in their own country, the PCF was still bound to support the Soviet Union's arrangement with Nazi Germany. The Central Committee of the PCF labelled the war as a conflict between two imperialisms and urged workers to refuse any involvement. Their policy toward the Nazis cost them credibility among the general public and among significant numbers of their own members.1 Yet, by the Liberation, the Party had salvaged its reputation. Through their prominent role in the Resistance, French Communists were transformed into a popular, national political force. In the legislative elections of 1946 the Party won 28.6 per cent of the vote-marking to this day the height of its public support

Ancient history · Biology · Communism · Political science · Resistance (ecology · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · French Historical and Cultural Studies · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law

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