Word: soir
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...they replied, with vast Gallic shrugs, 'Undoubtedly because he knows he's doomed anyway.' So, the stalemate on the western front was widely explained as 'Hitler's realization of the economic impasse he's got himself into.' " Said the Paris-soir with an air of wisdom: "If Hitler attacks this spring, it will be a sign of either great German strength or great weakness." There was much talk about Hitler's secret weapon. But scoffers asked: "What secret weapon could he have-besides those dive bombers and tanks he used in Poland...
Into a snug nutshell Paris-soir last week crammed a smug definition of Europe's war. It is a "conflict of two civilizations and of two mysticisms-that of gold or liberal capitalism, which is that of America, and that of the service of the State and of labor, which is that of Nazi Germany." Still paying lip service to gold and liberal capitalism, the men of Vichy indicated through their actions last week which "mysticism" Petain France endorsed. "Germany invites us to reconstruct Europe," wrote Rightist Deputy Fernand-Laurent in Le Jour. "I do not hesitate...
Aftermath of Defeat. For all but a few very old Frenchmen defeat was a new experience, and in a bewildered frame of mind they began to deal with today's problems while scarcely daring to think of tomorrow's. Paris-soir and a few other newspapers reappeared in abbreviated form, their editorials consisting of recriminations against the late leaders of France or don't-let-it-get-you-down advice and encouragement. German officials anxious to get refugees back home in time to take care of the harvest, organized transportation and even supplied vehicles. Young Nazi soldiers...
...press of Paris and London let go with a broadside of invective. "King Quisling," sneered the London Evening Standard. "King of the Fifth Column," echoed the Daily Mirror. In Paris the best that Leopold was called was "traitor" and "felon king." Paris-soir reported that General Walter von Reichenau's peace terms, which Leopold accepted, included the turning over to the Germans of all war materiel intact, free passage of the German Army to the sea. The French Legion of Honor struck Leopold's name from its rolls...
...unharmed, they rolled into Paris. Two days later La Meuse was on the street with its first Paris edition, printed on the presses of Paris-soir. Its circulation last week was down to 73,000, from a peacetime average of 100,000 to 120,000. But with something like 2,000,000 Belgian refugees scattered over France, Editor Gilbart expects to print as many as 400,000 copies a day before war ends...