FTP-MOI
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The '''' (FTP-MOI) were a sub-group of the Francs-tireurs et partisans'' (FTP) organization, a component of the French Resistance. A wing composed mostly of foreigners, the MOI maintained an armed force to oppose the German occupation of France during World War II. The Main-d'œuvre immigrée was the "Immigrant Movement" of the FTP.
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- History
- ''Affiche rouge''
- Structure of the FTP-MOI
- Paris region, ''Groupe Manouchian''
- Lyon region, ''Compagnie Carmagnole-Liberté''
- Toulouse region, ''35th Brigade''
- In popular culture
- Filmography
- Bibliography
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
The '''' (FTP-MOI) were a sub-group of the Francs-tireurs et partisans'' (FTP) organization, a component of the French Resistance. A wing composed mostly of foreigners, the MOI maintained an armed force to oppose the German occupation of France during World War II. The Main-d'œuvre immigrée was the "Immigrant Movement" of the FTP.
The last surviving member of the FTP-MOI's Manouchian Group, resistance fighter Arsène Tchakarian, died in August 2018.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “FTP-MOI” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.