Marc Bloch, then 53 years old. rejoined the army in 1939 and witnessed the fall of France. He wrote L’Étrange Défaite (Strange Defeat), a searing critique of that period. He joined the French Resistance, eventually becoming a leader. He was captured by Vichy forces in March 1944, tortured by the Nazis, and executed by firing squad three months later.
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