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The French Resistance was a collection of organizations that fought the Nazi occupation in France

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A German naval cadet became the first victim of French Resistance, shot in a Metro station in Paris, France. Over 150 Parisians were shot in reprisal.

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Vichy France passed anti-terrorist laws, punishable with death sentences, to deal with the resistance movement.

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German soldiers were attacked by resistance fighters in Paris, France.

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Jean Moulin, the former mayor of Chartres, parachuted into France in an effort to coordinate and unify resistance groups.

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German headquarters at Arras, France was attacked by members of the French Resistance.

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The Milice was created in Vichy France under Joseph Darnand to counter the Resistance. This organization became another force of the German occupation, reaching a strength of over 20,000 by the Allied invasion in 1944.

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The first unified meeting of French resistance groups took place, chaired by Jean Moulin, it recognized de Gaulle as the leader of the movement. Moulin would be betrayed to the Gestapo a month later, dying en route to a concentration camp.

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Berthe Albrecht was captured by German agents in Macon, France.

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Berthe Albrecht was executed by hanging at the Fresnes Prison in Fresnes, France.

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French Resistance saboteurs destroyed 300 tons of tires in the Michelin factory at Clermont-Ferrant.

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French Resistants engaged in heavy fighting with Germans in Bernex, France.

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Resistance fighters blew up the Usines Ratier airscrew works, in southwetern France, wrecking it so thoroughly that it never resumed production in wartime. The charges with 30-minute fuses, laid while German guards patrolled the yards outside, detonated with such force that one 30-ton press was sent 25ft into the air.

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Chuck Yeager was shot down over France on his eighth mission, and was saved by members of the French resistance.

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Chuck Yeager and another injured Allied airman fled from France into Spain.

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British Squadron Leader Maurice Southgate, whose task it was to coordinate the various Marquis groups between the Loire River and the Pyrenees mountains, was arrested by the Gestapo in Paris, France.

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The French Resistance claimed a membership of over 100,000 and requested more military aid from the Allies.

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French resistance fighters killed Minister of Information and local Milice leader Phillipe Henriot. Milice leader in Lyon, Paul Touvier, was ordered to conduct reprisal killings.

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Milice leader in French city of Lyon, Paul Touvier, selected 7 Jewish prisoners to be executed by firing squad as reprisal for the killing of Minister of Information and local Milice leader Phillipe Henriot two days earlier by the French resistance.

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From Britain, US 8th Air Force dispatched 5 B-17 bombers to drop propaganda leaflets in France and Belgium while 5 B-24 bombers paradropped supplies to French resistance fighters.

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6 US B-17 bombers were launched after sundown to drop propaganda leaflets over France while 12 B-24 bombers dropped supplies to resistance fighters.

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French resistance fighters captured 3 German postts along the swiss border

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French resistance fighters loberated Toulouse France

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"Whatever happens, the fame of the French Resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished. Tomorrow, as today, I will speak on Radio London" - Charles de Gaulle

"Whatever happens, the flame of the French Resistance must not and shall not die" - Charles de Gaulle

"I cannot prevent the French from being french" - Charles de Gaulle

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Song of The French Resistance - "Le Chant Des Partisans"