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French Resistance
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collective term for organizations that fought against Nazi German occupation and collaborationist rule in France, Belgium, and Luxembourg
The French Resistance was a collective term for organizations that fought against Nazi German occupation and the governments that collaborated with Germany in France, Belgium, and Luxembourg during World War II. It matters as a significant movement of armed and civilian opposition that resisted foreign occupation and authoritarian rule in Western Europe.
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- Instance of
- umbrella term
- Country
- France
- Chairperson
- Charles de Gaulle
- Location
- France
- Conflict
- World War II
- Image
- American officer and French partisan crouch behind an auto during a street fight in a French city. - NARA - 531322 - restored by Buidhe.jpg
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- Commons category
- French resistance
- topic's main category
- Category:French Resistance
- start time
- 1940-06-00
- end time
- 1944-10-00
- inception
- 1940-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1944-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Belligerents
Germany
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