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The French Resistance (French: La Résistance) was a collection of groups that fought the Nazi occupation and the collaborationist Vichy regime in France during the Second World War. Resistance cells were small groups of armed men and women (called the Maquis in rural areas) [2] [3] who conducted guerrilla warfare and published underground ...
Henri Rol-Tanguy (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ʁi ʁɔl tɑ̃ɡi]; 12 June 1908 – 8 September 2002) was a French communist and leader in the Resistance against Nazi Germany in World War II. [1] [2] At his death The New York Times called him "one of France's most decorated Resistance heroes". [3]
France Bloch-Sérazin (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃s blɔʃseʁazɛ̃] ⓘ; (21 February 1913 – 12 February 1943) was a chemist and militant communist who fought in the French resistance against German occupation during World War II.
France's French education curriculum commemorates Moulin as a symbol of the French resistance and a model of civic virtue, moral rectitude and patriotism. As of 2015, Jean Moulin was the fifth most popular name for a French school, [ 47 ] and as of 2016 his is the third most popular French street name [ 48 ] of which 98 percent are male. [ 48 ]
August 1941: Occupied zone: internment of 3,200 foreign and 1,000 French Jews in various camps including Drancy. November 29, 1941: creation of the UGIF (Union générale des israélites de France), facilitating the tracking and classification of Jews in France. Created by decree under pressure by Nazi Germany.
While France hosts grandiose ceremonies commemorating D-Day, Missak Manouchian and his Resistance fighters’ heroic role in World War II are often overlooked. French President Emmanuel Macron is ...
The Appeal of 18 June (French: L'Appel du 18 juin) was the first speech made by Charles de Gaulle after his arrival in London in 1940 following the Battle of France. Broadcast to France by the radio services of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), it is often considered to have marked the beginning of the French Resistance in World War II.
In the summer of 1940, around 700,000 Jews lived in French-ruled territory, of which 400,000 lived in French Algeria, then an integral part of France, and in the two French protectorates of Tunisia and Morocco. [4] On the eve of World War II, Metropolitan France had a population of over 300,000 Jews, around 200,000 of whom lived in Paris. [5]