G.J. Meyer's book, A World Undone, says that French records concerning deserters during World War I are being declassified this year. Have any of you looked at them yet?

by SomniferousSleep

As I understand it, French morale in the Great War was absolutely tanked. What will be the significance of the records being released? What use is the number of deserters to historians? What sort of social commentary can we expect?

Georgy_K_Zhukov

This was brought up somewhat recently, so you might enjoy the discussion in this thread on the topic of the declassification of French Army documents, although more of course can be said.