Des alliés aux ennemis: le rôle des forces de la Tierce Allemagne dans les occupations du territoire français (1814 et 1815-1818)
Christine Haynes
Revue d'Allemagne, 47-1 (2015)
During the collapse of the Empire in 1814 and again in 1815, the Prussian and, to a lesser extent, the Austrian invaders are known to have been particularly violent toward the French. Less well studied is the role of forces from the “Third Germany” in the occupations of France in 1814 and 1815-1818. With the help of local and national police and judicial archives as well as German military records, this article examines the cases of three smaller powers involved in these occupations: Saxony, Bavaria and Württemberg. Describing the relations between occupiers and occupied in their zones, it argues that these former allies were no more friendly toward the French than their long-time enemies.