French resistance fighters in WW2. 470 SOE agents were sent on sabotage missions to occupied France where they fought with networks of French resistance fighters who played an important part in the liberation of France in 1944. The 'Maquis' refers mainly to the rural guerrilla bands.
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French Resistance / The Maquis
Violette Szabo, GC, 1921 - 1945, secret agent, lived here. She gave her life ...
Group , Armed Forces, War Memorial other, War Memorial WW1, War Memorial WW2 , Nepal
Tetramesh has a 1906 photo of this building showing that there used to be mor...
Founded as an academy for the training of commissioned officers of the Royal ...
