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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 ...
Marina Vega (1923–2011), Spanish spy for French Resistance; Jean-Pierre Vernant (1914–2007), French philologist and anthropologist; Berthe Vicogne-Fraser (1894–1956) Pierre Villon (1901–1980), member of FTP, one of the three leaders of the Committee of Military action created by the Conseil National de la Résistance
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 ]
The French Forces of the Interior (FFI; French: Forces françaises de l'Intérieur) were French resistance fighters in the later stages of World War II. Charles de Gaulle used it as a formal name for the resistance fighters.
Charles de Gaulle in World War II (3 C, 12 P) Communist members of the French Resistance (2 C, 124 P) ... Pages in category "French Resistance members"
The National Council of the Resistance (French: Conseil National de la Résistance; CNR; also, National Resistance Council) directed and coordinated the different movements of the French Resistance during World War II: the press, trade unions and political parties hostile to the Vichy regime, starting from mid-1943.
Marie-Madeleine Fourcade. Marie-Madeleine Fourcade (11 August 1909 – 20 July 1989) was the leader of the French Resistance network "Alliance", under the code name "Hérisson" ("Hedgehog") after the arrest of its former leader, Georges Loustaunau-Lacau (“Navarre”), during the German military administration in occupied France during World War II.
Mostly noted for his stalwart leadership of the Free French Forces during World War II. Jean Moulin: 1899–1943 French The symbol of the French resistance. Not a conventional military leader, in 1942 he was parachuted from England into France to organize and orchestrate the resistance.