Maquis (World War II)
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The Maquis were rural guerrilla bands of French and Belgian Resistance fighters, called maquisards, during World War II. Initially, they were composed of young, mostly working-class men who had escape
Members of the Maquis in La Tresorerie
Maquisards (Resistance fighters) in the Hautes-Alpes département in August 1944. Third and fourth from the right are two SOE officers. Second from right is probably Christine Granville.
Maquis resistance fighters, Chandres, France, 1944–45
Members of the Maquis resistance group. Notice the berets they are wearing.
Vichy France
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Vichy France, also known as the Pétainist regime and Pétainist France, officially the French State, was a French rump state headed by Marshal Philippe Pétain during World War II, established as a resu
Maquis (World War II)
…War II. Initially, they were composed of young, mostly working-class men who had escaped into the mountains and forests to resist conscription into Vichy France's Service du travail obligatoire (STO; 'Compulsory Work Service') which provided slave labor for Germany. To avoid capture and deportation to Germany…
Propaganda poster for the Vichy Regime's Révolution nationale program, 1942
Members of the Milice performing the Roman salute, 1943
French prisoners of war are marched off under German guard, 1940
Pétain meeting Hitler in October 1940