Strange Defeat

essay by Marc Bloch on the French defeat in 1940, written in 1940, published posthumously in 1946
Place publication Q3205514
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Strange Defeat

Summary

Strange Defeat is a publication[1]. It draws 28 Wikipedia views per month (publication category, ranking #26 of 52).[2]

Key Facts

  • Strange Defeat authored Marc Bloch[3].
  • Strange Defeat's image is recorded as Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-055-1592-05A, Frankreich, französische Kriegsgefangene.jpg[4].
  • Strange Defeat's instance of is recorded as publication[5].
  • Strange Defeat's instance of is recorded as written work[6].
  • Strange Defeat's genre is recorded as personal narrative[7].
  • Strange Defeat's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 212909881[8].
  • Strange Defeat's GND ID is recorded as 4483938-8[9].
  • Strange Defeat's OCLC number is recorded as 42575985[10].
  • Strange Defeat's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2001055745[11].
  • Strange Defeat's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 37193639s[12].
  • Strange Defeat's language of work or name is recorded as French[13].
  • Strange Defeat's Libraries Australia ID is recorded as 36536323[14].
  • +1940-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Strange Defeat[15].
  • Strange Defeat's publication date is recorded as +1946-00-00T00:00:00Z[16].
  • Strange Defeat's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03b_9vv[17].
  • Strange Defeat's has edition or translation is recorded as L'Étrange Défaite (1 ed.)[18].
  • Strange Defeat's has edition or translation is recorded as Q133852956[19].
  • Strange Defeat's main subject is recorded as World War II[20].
  • Strange Defeat's main subject is recorded as Battle of France[21].
  • Strange Defeat's work available at URL is recorded as http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1522/cla.blm.etr[22].
  • Strange Defeat's number of pages is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+215'}[23].
  • Strange Defeat's NUKAT ID is recorded as n2014191593[24].
  • Strange Defeat's title is recorded as L'Étrange Défaite[25].
  • Strange Defeat's subtitle is recorded as Témoignage écrit en 1940[26].
  • Strange Defeat's cites work is recorded as Secret documents of the French General Staff[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include publication[5] and written work[6].

History and Context

+1940-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Strange Defeat[15].

Why It Matters

Strange Defeat draws 28 Wikipedia views per month (publication category, ranking #26 of 52).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . WorldCat. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Strange Defeat. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/strange-defeat
MLA “Strange Defeat.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/strange-defeat.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_strange-defeat_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Strange Defeat}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/strange-defeat}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Strange Defeat — https://4ort.xyz/entity/strange-defeat (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/strange-defeat · Last refreshed: