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The Milice française, generally called la Milice, was a political paramilitary organization created on 30 January 1943 by the Vichy régime to help fight against the French Resistance during World War
Members of the Milice, armed with captured British Bren machine guns and No. 4 Lee–Enfield rifles.
Resistance members captured by the Milice, July 1944. One of the miliciens is armed with a captured British Sten gun.
Propaganda poster for the Milice, advertising its first national congress.
Milice member guarding Resistance PoWs wearing a German Army Wound Badge (indicating previous service with a German Army unit) and armed with a Spanish copy of the Smith & Wesson Model 10 revolver, chambered in 8mm French Ordnance.
Pierre Laval
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Pierre Jean Marie Laval was a French politician. He served as Prime Minister of France three times: 1931–1932 and 1935–1936 during the Third Republic, and 1942–1944 during Vichy France. After the war,
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…régime (with German aid) to help fight against the French Resistance during World War II. The Milice's formal head was Vichy France's Prime Minister Pierre Laval (in office 1942 to 1944), although its chief of operations and de facto leader was Secretary General Joseph Darnand. The Milice participated in summary…
Laval in 1931
Pierre Laval in 1913
Prime Minister Laval, second from left, at a 1931 diplomatic function in Germany
Laval and Pétain in 1942