The French Resistance
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The Exodus of Paris
Paris was bombed and this was a real wake-up call to the people of Paris who'd been given very reassuring messages that they didn't need to worry. They were told stories of what had happened during the previous occupation in the First World War when the Germans occupied some northern de Bocdemont. So leaving was a logical act to get away from these terrifying soldiers. Many have never left Paris before and have nowhere to go or even any awareness of the blistering climate to the south of their own country. The villages and towns along their roots very quickly ran out of food and there was no accommodation so people were forced to sleep rough in farm outbuildings or just out in the open
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