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Louise Boitard (20 May 1907 – 4 April 2001), also known as Jeanine Boitard and Jeanine Gille, was a member of the French Resistance during the Second World War. Later a local politician, she was one of France's most decorated women.
Operation Cooney was the deployment of elements of the 4ème Bataillon d'Infanterie de l'Air - the 4th Free French Parachute Battalion (later renamed 2ème Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes) - also known as 4th Special Air Service. On 7 June 1944, the 9 aircraft of 38 Group (including two from No. 297 Squadron RAF), dropped the parachutists.
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 ...
The majority of resistance movements in France were unified after Jean Moulin's formation of the Conseil National de la Résistance (CNR) in May 1943. CNR was coordinated with the French Forces of the Interior under the authority of the Free French Generals Henri Giraud and Charles de Gaulle and their body, the Comité Français de Libération ...
Jean-François Revel (1924–2006), French writer and philosopher; Marc Riboud (1923–2016), photographer, participated in the Maquis du Vercors; Madeleine Riffaud (1924–2024), French poet and war correspondent; Yvonne Rokseth (1890–1948), French composer, musicologist, and teacher; André Rogerie (1921–2014), French writer and Holocaust ...
The French presidency said the issue was addressed last year to give them the honor. The Panthéon is the resting place of 83 people — 76 men and seven women — including Manouchian and his wife.
Pages in category "French Resistance members" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 831 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Boitard is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: François Boitard (1670–c. 1715), French artist; Louis Peter Boitard, French engraver and designer; Louise Boitard (1907–2001), French resistance member; Pierre Boitard (1787–1857), French botanist and geologist