Nazi Germany's June, 1940 defeat of France was heartrending for the residents of Paris in particular, and yet subsequently an eerie sense of normalcy prevailed in the City of Light. Featuring more than 50 black and white photographs, Ronald Rosbottom's National Book Award-nominated history demonstrates that even while many Parisians adapted all too well to the German occupation, another portion of the public rallied around little-known military officer Charles de Gaulle.