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Life Under the Occupation
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This chapter examines the daily interaction between occupiers and the occupied as the Italians and French battled over the most precious resource in the French Riviera: food. When the Italian Army arrived in November 1942, the Côte d’Azur was already experiencing serious food shortages. Southeastern France’s agricultural production was severely underdeveloped, as all the prewar investment had been allotted to building tourism infrastructure. This chapter shows how the increasing food deficit of the region fueled an already thriving black market in the Côte d’Azur. Disregarding the strict prohibition on any kind of transaction between Italian soldiers and French civilians, a mutually beneficial barter system came into being as soon as the Italian units settled in the former free zone. Italian soldiers blended perfectly with the shady atmosphere of the Côte d’Azur by smuggling goods into and out of France and engaging in cheap scams and outrageous thefts.
Title: Life Under the Occupation
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This chapter examines the daily interaction between occupiers and the occupied as the Italians and French battled over the most precious resource in the French Riviera: food.
When the Italian Army arrived in November 1942, the Côte d’Azur was already experiencing serious food shortages.
Southeastern France’s agricultural production was severely underdeveloped, as all the prewar investment had been allotted to building tourism infrastructure.
This chapter shows how the increasing food deficit of the region fueled an already thriving black market in the Côte d’Azur.
Disregarding the strict prohibition on any kind of transaction between Italian soldiers and French civilians, a mutually beneficial barter system came into being as soon as the Italian units settled in the former free zone.
Italian soldiers blended perfectly with the shady atmosphere of the Côte d’Azur by smuggling goods into and out of France and engaging in cheap scams and outrageous thefts.
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