The Cross of the Resistance Volunteer Combatant (French: "Croix du combattant volontaire de la Résistance") is a French decoration that recognizes, as...
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The Volunteer combatant's cross (French: "Croix du combattant volontaire") was a French decoration that originally recognized those who volunteered to...
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The Combatant's Cross (French: "Croix du combattant") is a French decoration that recognizes, as its name implies, those who fought in combat for France...
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Ordre national du Mérite (redirect from Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit)
(Order of Artisanal Merit, 1948) Ordre du Mérite touristique [fr] (Order of Tourism Merit, 1949) Ordre du Mérite combattant (Order of Combatant Merit,...
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Catherine Dior (category French Resistance members)
of honour for her acts of resistance: the Croix de Guerre – a distinction usually reserved for regular armed forces –, the Combatant Volunteer Cross of...
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The Volunteer Combatant's Cross 1914–1918 (French: "Croix du Combattant Volontaire 1914–1918") is a French decoration that recognizes those who volunteered...
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Combatant is the legal status of a person entitled to directly participate in hostilities during an armed conflict, and may be intentionally targeted by...
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Oleg Ozerov (category Communist members of the French Resistance)
the Resistance Volunteer Combatant and the Resistance Medal. In 2004, he was present at the 60th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy, France...
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the Médaille de la Résistance ("Resistance Medal"), was created and awarded for lesser but still distinguished deeds by members of the Resistance. The...
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The Resistance Medal (French: Médaille de la Résistance) was a decoration bestowed by the French Committee of National Liberation, based in the United...
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(Grand Cross). During the French Revolution, all of the French orders of chivalry were abolished and replaced with weapons of honour. It was the wish of Napoleon...
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Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (redirect from Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters)
The Order of Arts and Letters (French: Ordre des Arts et des Lettres) is an order of France established on 2 May 1957 by the Minister of Culture. Its supplementary...
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Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (redirect from 1939–1945 War Cross (France))
The Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (English: War Cross 1939–1945) is a French military decoration, a version of the Croix de Guerre created on 26 September...
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of the Resistance Volunteer Combatant. After the liberation of France Lévy returned to industry. From 1944 to 1946 he was a commissioner at the Professional...
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Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France) (redirect from 1914–1918 War Cross (France))
The Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (English: War Cross) was a French military decoration, the first version of the Croix de Guerre. It was created to recognize...
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French Resistance(La Résistance), French Forces of the Interior(Forces françaises de l'intérieur), Rank: Voluntary Combatant of the Resistance (Combattante...
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This is a list of some of the modern orders, decorations and medals of France. Some, like the Legion of Honour, are awarded to both the armed forces and...
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Médaille militaire (category Pages using the JsonConfig extension)
recipients of the Victoria Cross, the United Kingdom's highest military decoration. The award was first established in 1852 by the first President of the French...
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Human shield (category Wikipedia articles in need of updating from January 2023)
a non-combatant (or a group of non-combatants) who either volunteers or is forced to shield a legitimate military target in order to deter the enemy from...
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A resistance movement is an organized group of people that tries to resist the government or an occupying power, causing disruption and unrest in civil...
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Ordre des Palmes académiques (redirect from The Order of the Academic Palms)
The Ordre des Palmes académiques (French pronunciation: [ɔʁdʁ de palm(z‿)akademik]; French for 'Order of Academic Palms') is a national order bestowed...
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Édouard Le Jeune (category Recipients of the Resistance Medal)
and the Cross of the resistance volunteer combatant. Le Jeune first joined the Union of Democrats and Independents – UC, and later the Union for French...
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He was awarded the French Cross of the Resistance Volunteer Combatant.[self-published source?] He worked for the Office of Strategic Services briefly...
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The Cross for Military Valour (French: Croix de la Valeur Militaire) is a military decoration of France. It recognizes an individual bestowed a Mention...
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Jean Pierre-Bloch (category Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour)
the resistance volunteer combatant Escapees' Medal Medal of the Supreme Soviet Volunteer combatant's cross Grand Officer of the National Order of Benin...
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protected by the Geneva Conventions. The International Committee of the Red Cross points out that the terms "unlawful combatant", "illegal combatant" or "unprivileged...
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Hélène Nautré (category Deputies of the 1st National Assembly of the French Fourth Republic)
Chevalier of the Legion of Honour Médaille militaire Croix de guerre 1939-1945 with palm Cross of the Resistance Volunteer Combatant Combatant's Cross 1939-1945...
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Émile Chaline (category Free French military personnel of World War II)
Officer of the Ordre du Mérite Maritime Cross of the resistance volunteer combatant Commander of the Order of the Black Star Officer of the Order of Ouissam...
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1939–1945 Commemorative war medal (France) (category Pages using the JsonConfig extension)
decree further added the members of the French passive resistance as potential recipients of the 1939–1945 Commemorative war medal. The 1939–1945 commemorative...
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militaire Resistance Medal Order of Liberation Combatant's Cross 1939–1945 Commemorative war medal Médaille de la France libérée Fourragère Cross of Valour...
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