The Maquis de Saffré was one of the maquis groups of French resistance fighters active in the Loire-Atlantique region, in the triangle formed by the communes...

Maquis de Picaussel [fr] in the Aude Maquis de Saffré in Loire Atlantique Maquis de Saint-Marcel in Brittany Corps Franc du Sidobre (Tarn) Maquis La Tourette...

Conference along with Charles de Gaulle, Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Later in the same year, Giraud and de Gaulle became co-presidents...

The plains of the Nord département made it difficult to establish any maquis, as in the more mountainous regions. Moreover, numerous German contingents...

Edgard de Larminat (29 November 1895 – 1 July 1962) was a French general, who fought in two World Wars. He was one of the most important military figures...

The Bayeux speeches are two different speeches delivered by General Charles de Gaulle of France in the context of liberation after the Normandy landings...

18 Sept 1943. Pelosse placed in charge of sabotage training of the Maquis de Saffré. Having completed his mission, Pelosse returned to the UK via Bayeux...

was later called the Falaise Pocket, the Argentan-Falaise Pocket or Couloir de la Mort (Corridor of Death) as the local French named it. During World War...

Regime became interested in him and he participated in the creation of the maquis Rene Laforge. He eventually died during a shootout between resistance and...

hundred Maquis resistance fighters holed up in a place called La Grotte (The Cave). Fighting resulted in 39 dead attackers and 6 dead Maquis with 4 wounded...