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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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Germany
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