Publisher's Synopsis
War is not always men's business, nevertheless, men always forget, once wars are over, the women's
key role in conflicts. Right after world war two, no claims were made by thousands of women from
the French resistance. They went back to their homes forced into modesty by centuries of masculine
morality. Only 10% of the resistance medal recipients were women. In 1945 Only six women were
made companions of the liberation, against 1030 men. It was the first time French women were
enlisted in the army. They were thought to be English as the French could not even imagine a woman
in Uniform. Soon in our collective imagination, the images of shaved-headed women for collaborating
would overshadow others. Such women were ideal expiatory culprits for a country that had narrowly
escaped absolute ruin.
Women are eternal victims of war, they are eternally forgotten by history. As if women suffering and
heroism were eventually absorbed into men. Women were also at war. And telling their stories means
facing the harsh reality of war. Women are going to recount world war two. In its most painful and
courageous form. These chunks of life and bravery long forgotten, reveal better than anything else,
what the world war was like for France and entire Europe.
