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La Représentation De La Seconde Guerre Mondiale En Grande-Bretagne : Analyse Comparée Madeline Zielinski La représentation de la Seconde Guerre mondiale en Grande-Bretagne : analyse comparée Madeline Zielinski To cite this version: Madeline Zielinski. La représentation de la Seconde Guerre mondiale en Grande-Bretagne : anal- yse comparée. Histoire. Université Michel de Montaigne - Bordeaux III, 2014. Français. NNT : 2014BOR30050. tel-01169838 HAL Id: tel-01169838 https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-01169838 Submitted on 30 Jun 2015 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. The documents may come from émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de teaching and research institutions in France or recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires abroad, or from public or private research centers. publics ou privés. Université Bordeaux-Montaigne École Doctorale Montaigne Humanités (ED 480) THÈSE DE DOCTORAT EN ÉTUDES ANGLOPHONES La représentation de la Seconde Guerre mondiale en Grande-Bretagne Analyse comparée Présentée et soutenue publiquement le 08 Décembre 2014 par Madeline ZIELINSKI Sous la direction de Jean-Paul REVAUGER Membres du jury Jean-Paul Révauger, Professeur, Université Bordeaux-Montaigne. Moya Jones, Professeur, Université Bordeaux-Montaigne. Susan Finding, Professeur, Université de Poitiers. Michael Parsons, Professeur, Université de Pau. Gilles Leydier, Professeur, Université de Toulon. I II REMERCIEMENTS Je tiens à exprimer ma profonde reconnaissance à Jean-Paul Révauger, dont le soutien et les encouragements m’ont portée jusqu’à l’aboutissement de cette thèse. Je remercie également l’ensemble des membres de mon jury qui ont accepté que je leur soumette mon travail : Moya Jones, Susan Finding, Gilles Leydier et Michael Parsons. Tout au long de ma thèse, j’ai pu compter sur la disponibilité des différentes personnes et organismes dont j’ai sollicité l’aide pour mon travail de recherche et à qui je tiens à exprimer ici toute ma gratitude. Je remercie Sebastian Cox de la RAF Historical Branch, Deborah Wildgust, conservatrice du Torfaen Museum (Pontypool), Adrian Hughes, conservateur du Home Front Museum (Llandudno), Emma Halford-Forbes, conservatrice du Black Watch Museum and Castle (Perth), Stuart Allan, conservateur du National Scottish Museum (Édimbourg) et Andrzej Suchcitz du Sikorski Museum (Londres). Merci également à Roger Smither et Sarah Henning de l’Imperial War Museum à Londres, Marion Coady du Duncannon Fort Trust, Sandrine Ballard du Mémorial de Caen, Beryl et Terry Dennett de la RAF Association du sud-ouest de la France, Ian Reed du Yorkshire Air Museum, Ruth Patterson du RAF Benevolent Fund, aux bénévoles du Bomber Command Memorial à Londres, ainsi qu’aux archivistes des National Archives et de Mass Observation Archive, University of Sussex. Je sais gré également à Ronnie Ryan de l’Irish Ministry for Education and Skills, Kate Adams de la Scottish Qualifications Authority et à Carl Robertshaw, officier des relations publiques de la Greater London Authority, Trevor Royle et Gear όid Fitzgerald. Je remercie pour leurs conseils et remarques Wendy Ugolini, professeur à l’université d’Édimbourg, Katie Stevenson, professeur à St Andrews et Lucy Noakes, professeur à l’université de Brighton. J’adresse également tous mes remerciements au général de corps aérien Daniel Bastien, à l’adjudant Gilles Coustellié, responsable de la salle dédiée aux Groupes Lourds de la base aérienne de Bordeaux-Mérignac, à Jean-Paul Churet et Geneviève Monneris qui font vivre la mémoire des équipages français du Bomber Command. Merci enfin à tous ceux qui ont accepté de partager avec moi leurs souvenirs de guerre ; il me serait impossible de tous les nommer, mais je tiens à saluer tout particulièrement Marcelle Noblot, Francis Morinière, Brenda Harington, Tadeusz Zielinski, Lilian et Lou Gratton, Olive Newton, Pat Durston, Sandra Ward, Ian Sanders et Jimmy Mills ; parmi les anciens combattants des Groupes Lourds, merci à Émile Richard, Henri Laronze, Raymond Pothet et Guy Amrein. Mes derniers remerciements vont à ma famille : à mes parents, tout d’abord, pour leur indéfectible soutien, et à ma sœur Lauriane et mon fiancé Rémy pour leur précieuse relecture du manuscrit et leurs nombreux conseils. III IV TABLE DES MATIERES INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................1 1. Le mythe identitaire de la Seconde Guerre mondiale en Grande-Bretagne ................... 11 1.1. Le mythe identitaire de la Seconde Guerre mondiale en Grande-Bretagne ............ 11 1.1.1. Identité : quelques remarques ......................................................................... 11 1.1.2. La Seconde Guerre mondiale dans l’imaginaire collectif britannique ............... 14 1.1.3. Le mythe de la Seconde Guerre mondiale en Grande-Bretagne ..................... 15 1.1.4. Le mythe de la Seconde Guerre mondiale dans la culture populaire ............... 20 1.1.5. La démythologisation de la Seconde Guerre mondiale : l’exemple des États- Unis…… ........................................................................................................................ 23 1.1.6. La mémoire de la Seconde Guerre mondiale en France ................................. 25 1.2. Les représentations de la Seconde Guerre mondiale de 1945 à nos jours en Grande-Bretagne .............................................................................................................. 28 1.2.1. L’influence du mythe de la « People’s War » sur les représentations de la guerre…. ....................................................................................................................... 30 1.2.2. La victoire des conservateurs en 1951 et le rejet de l’austérité ........................ 36 1.2.3. La Seconde Guerre mondiale et la représentation des conflits depuis 1945 .... 38 1.2.4. Thatcher et la mémoire de la Seconde Guerre mondiale ................................. 45 1.2.5. Interprétation conservatrice de la mémoire de la Seconde Guerre mondiale ... 47 1.3. Le repositionnement de l’identité britannique ......................................................... 49 1.3.1. L’identité britannique et la question européenne ............................................. 49 1.3.2. Seconde Guerre mondiale et euroscepticisme ................................................ 51 1.3.3. Le débat sur l’identité britannique dans les années 1990 ................................ 54 1.3.4. L’influence de l’administration Blair ................................................................. 56 1.4. Seconde Guerre mondiale et commémorations ...................................................... 59 1.4.1. Les années 1990 : le boom des commémorations .......................................... 60 1.4.2. L’industrie de la commémoration de la Seconde Guerre mondiale .................. 62 1.4.3. Keep Calm and Carry On ................................................................................ 63 1.5. La déconstruction du mythe de la guerre ................................................................ 64 1.6. Le « boom mémoriel » et la déconstruction du mythe de la Seconde Guerre mondiale ........................................................................................................................... 66 1.7. Conclusion : la Seconde Guerre mondiale, mythe britannique ou mythe anglais ? . 68 2. La représentation de la Seconde Guerre mondiale en Écosse, au pays de Galles, en Irlande et dans les anciennes colonies britanniques. ............................................................ 73 2.1. La représentation de la Seconde Guerre mondiale en Écosse. .............................. 73 2.1.1. La tradition militaire écossaise ........................................................................ 73 V 2.1.2. Les Écossais dans l’armée britannique de la fin du XVIIIème au début du XXème siècle ................................................................................................................ 74 2.1.3. L’Écosse pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale .............................................. 76 2.1.4. La Seconde Guerre mondiale enseignée en Écosse ....................................... 77 2.1.5. La Seconde Guerre mondiale dans la muséographie écossaise ..................... 79 2.1.6. Nationalisme et commémorations ................................................................... 81 2.1.7. La Seconde Guerre mondiale dans le débat historiographique en Écosse ..... 89 2.2. L’Irlande ................................................................................................................. 94 2.2.1. 1939-1945 : le choix de la neutralité ................................................................ 94 2.2.2. Soutien et opposition à la Grande-Bretagne .................................................... 99 2.2.3. L’Irlande du Nord pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale ............................... 102 2.2.4. Conséquences de la neutralité irlandaise pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. .................................................................................................................... 104 2.2.5. La neutralité dans le débat historiographique ................................................ 105 2.2.6. La commémoration de la Seconde Guerre mondiale en Irlande .................... 114 2.2.7. La commémoration de la Seconde
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