大规模之世界战争,促进各国科学进步。法国地理学,战前在国际学术上之地位,实已领袖群伦。此次世界二次大战,法国不幸国土沦陷,物质破坏,精神压迫,法国学者目击身受之苦痛,多非自由国民所能想像,处此四五年之桎梏生活中,学者如何仍能安心从事研究,著作与出版,实为一非常之时。美国The Johns Hopkins University大学 Jean Gottmann教授,於此期间,旅法有年,观察战时地理学之进步,并不后人。渠所记述,虽未胪列法国地理新著之全部,亦足令人感奋矣。 Large-scale world war to promote scientific progress in all countries. French geography, before the war in the international academic status, it has been the leader of the crowd. World War II, France unfortunately, the fall of the country, material destruction, mental oppression, the pain suffered by French scholars witnessed, many non-free nationals can imagine, in this four or five years of life, how can scholars still feel engaged in research , Writing and publishing, in fact, an extraordinary time. Professor Jean Gottmann of the Johns Hopkins University in the United States, during which time he traveled France and observed the progress of wartime geography. It is also a source of excitement to state that although all of the new French geography has not been listed,