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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 82. Chapters: Maquis, Poem code, French Resistance, List of Special Operations Executive operations in World War II, Force 136, Operation Anthropoid, Operation Postmaster, Shetland bus, SOE F Section timeline, Odd Starheim, Welbike, List of SOE establishments, Kidnap of General Kreipe, Welfreighter, Operation Harling, No. 62 Commando, List of SOE agents, SOE F Section networks, No. 298 Squadron RAF, Operation Jedburgh, Comet line, Operation Foxley, No. 138 Squadron RAF, No. 299 Squadron RAF, Operation Sunshine, RAF Tempsford, Oslogjengen, Welrod, Political Warfare Executive, BSA Welgun, Osvald Group, Operation Bittern, Valencay SOE Memorial, Vassieux-en-Vercors, Carve Her Name with Pride, Norwegian Independent Company 1, Station IX, SOE F Section Codenames & Aliases, The Life That I Have, Walter Freud, No. 161 Squadron RAF, Milorg, Paraset, Operation Cheese, Operation Hydra, List of female SOE agents, Orchard Court, Operation Noah's Ark, Operation Typical, 64 Baker Street. Excerpt: The French Resistance (French; La Resistance francaise) is the name used to denote the collection of French resistance movements that fought against the Nazi German occupation of France and against the collaborationist Vichy regime during World War II. Resistance cells were small groups of armed men and women (called the Maquis in rural areas), who, in addition to their guerrilla warfare activities, were also publishers of underground newspapers, providers of first-hand intelligence information, and maintainers of escape networks that helped Allied soldiers and airmen trapped behind enemy lines. The men and women of the Resistance came from all economic levels and political leanings of the French society, including emigres; from conservative Roman Catholics (including priests), from the Jewish community, and from the ranks of liberals, anarchists, and ...
