Une concentration de guerre dans l’aéronautique française : Cannes 1941-1944

The German and Italian occupation of France induced the Vichy government to relocate the design offices of five state-owned aircraft manufacturing companies to the Southern city of Cannes, i.e. in the “free zone” till November 1942. Remaining under the grip of both the occupants, Vichy and the Wiesb...

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Main Author: Philippe Jung
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Language:fra
Published: Centre de Recherches Historiques 2021-12-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/acrh/24120
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description The German and Italian occupation of France induced the Vichy government to relocate the design offices of five state-owned aircraft manufacturing companies to the Southern city of Cannes, i.e. in the “free zone” till November 1942. Remaining under the grip of both the occupants, Vichy and the Wiesbaden armistice commission, this concentration was conducive to innovation, via the design and experimentation of processes and prototypes, whereas other French factories had to produce German material. However, the pressure of Italian and especially German occupants led some engineers to take lasting contacts with the Resistance, the Free French and the Allies, or even to flee away. Therefore, the Germans finally closed the site. After the difficult postwar transition, it may be argued that the cluster in Cannes was one of the origins of the recovery of design capabilities in the French aircraft industry
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Une concentration de guerre dans l’aéronautique française : Cannes 1941-1944
L'Atelier du CRH
Resistance
aircraft Industry
Relocation
title Une concentration de guerre dans l’aéronautique française : Cannes 1941-1944
title_full Une concentration de guerre dans l’aéronautique française : Cannes 1941-1944
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title_full_unstemmed Une concentration de guerre dans l’aéronautique française : Cannes 1941-1944
title_short Une concentration de guerre dans l’aéronautique française : Cannes 1941-1944
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aircraft Industry
Relocation
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