French Resistance
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The French Resistance was a resistance movement made of a collection of different revolutionary groups that fought the Nazi occupation and the collaborationist Vichy regime in France during the Second
Members of the Maquis near Boulogne-sur-Mer in September 1944
The cemetery and memorial in Vassieux-en-Vercors where, in July 1944, German Wehrmacht forces executed more than 200 people, in reprisal for the Maquis's armed resistance. The town was later awarded the Ordre de la Libération.
Identity document of French Resistance fighter Lucien Pélissou
The ruins of Oradour-sur-Glane, in the Limousin region of the Massif Central
Jean Moulin
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Jean Pierre Moulin was a French civil servant and hero of the French Resistance who succeeded in unifying the main networks of the Resistance in World War II. He served as the first President of the N
French Resistance
…appear, it was agreed that more could be achieved by working together than apart. The chief promoter of unification was a former préfet of Chartres, Jean Moulin. After identifying the three largest resistance groups in the south of France that he wanted to see co-operate, Moulin went to Britain to seek support…
Moulin in 1937
Birthplace of Jean Moulin in Béziers.
House where Moulin was tortured in La Taye, Saint-Georges-sur-Eure in the Eure-et-Loire department.
Plaque commemorating the creation of the United Resistance Movement (MUR is French acronym) in the town of Miribel in January 1943.