THE
ALLIES, THE AXIS AND THE VICTIMS FROM D-DAY TO VE-DAY WW2 HBDJ
SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER CODE
NAME: THE LONG SOBBING
HARDBOUND BOOK with DUSTJACKET
in ENGLISH by ARNOLD SCHWARTZMAN
"Chanson d'automne"
("Autumn Song") is a poem by Paul Verlaine (1844�1896), one of the
best known in the French language. It is included in Verlaine's first
collection, Po�mes saturniens, published in 1866 (see 1866 in poetry). The poem
forms part of the "Paysages tristes" ("Sad landscapes")
section of the collection.
In preparation for Operation
Overlord, the BBC's Radio Londres signalled to the French Resistance with the
opening lines of the 1866 Verlaine poem "Chanson d'Automne" to
indicate the start of D-Day operations under the command of the Special Operations
Executive. The first three lines of the poem, "Les sanglots longs / des
violons / de l'automne" ("The long sobs of autumn's violins"),
would mean that Operation Overlord was to start within two weeks. These lines
were broadcast on 1 June 1944. The next set of lines, "Blessent mon coeur
/ d'une langueur / monotone" ("wound my heart with a monotonous
languor"), meant that it would start within 48 hours and that the
resistance should begin sabotage operations, especially on the French railroad
system; these lines were broadcast on 5 June at 23:15.
THE CORPORAL
BLACKOUT � BRITISH CIVIL DEFENSE
THE HOME FRONT (CIGARRETTE CARD
INSTRUCTIONS TO CIVILIANS, GAS MASKS, A.R.P.
THE HOME FIRES
WAR GAMES
BLESS THEM ALL - SHEET MUSIC AND
SING-A-LONGS
KEEP �EM FLYING � PROPAGANDA ITEMS
DIG FOR VICTORY � FOOD RATIONING
SHHH! � �LOOSE LIPS SINK SHIPS�
ALLIES vs AXIS
THE GHETTO
WIN THE WAR � DEFENSE INDUSTRY
PROMOTIONS
OVER THERE � AMERICAN G.I.s IN THE
UNITED KINGDOM
THE U.S.O., NAAFI and THE
E.N.S.A. � GLENN MILLER AND BING CROSBY
WOMEN AT WAR (NURSES, ATS, WOMEN
WORKING IN WAR DEFENSE WORK �ROSIE THE RIVETER�
SCRAMBLE! � AIR DEFENSE
THE FLICKS � WAR TIME MOVIES TO
PROVIDE DISTRACTIONS AND IMPROVE MORALE
JUNE 5, 1944
BEFORE STRIKING
S.H.A.E.F. SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE � GENERAL DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, US ARMY
BRITISH PARA AIRBORNE � THE RED
DEVILS
D-DAY JUNE 6,1944 OVERLORD
NORMANDY
BEACH HEAD � OMAHA, UTAH, SWORD,
JUNO
US 1ST INFANTRY
DIVISION �THE BIG RED ONE�
BRITISH ROYAL MARINE COMMANDOS
THE CANADIANS
EVACUATING THE WOUNDED
RANGERS AT POINTE DU HOC
MONTY (GENERAL MONTGOMERY, BRITISH
21ST ARMY GROUP)
GENERAL OMAR BRADLEY
REMEMBRANCE
GOLDEN DOOR � IMMIGRANTS AND
REFUGEES
ON THE AIR � WARTIME RADIO (CBS,
BBC)
LISTEN IN
GRUB & CHOW
V-MAIL
MAIL CALL
VIVE LA FRANCE
THE ROAD TO BERLIN
VICTORIOUS
EXTRA! EXTRA! � NEWSPAPERS TELL
THE LATEST
LICK �EM � POSTER STAMPS
V FOR VICTORY
LIBERTE
MAKE �EM LAUGH
HOMECOMING
ATLANTIC WALL
THE HEROES
THE HOLY JOES
THE
FALLEN
