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    French Revolution, a franc-tireur was a member of a corps of light infantry organised separately from the regular army. Francs-tireurs were an outgrowth...
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    The Francs-tireurs et partisans français (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃ tiʁœʁ e paʁtizɑ̃ fʁɑ̃sɛ], FTPF), or commonly the Francs-tireurs et partisans (FTP)...
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  • The Francs-tireurs et partisans – main-d'œuvre immigrée (FTP-MOI) were a sub-group of the Francs-tireurs et partisans (FTP) organization, a component of...
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  • It stood politically between the right-wing Combat and the Communist Francs-Tireurs et Partisans (which adopted a similar name in early 1942). Édouard Alexander [fr]...
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    of 1899 and 1907, among a population widely suspected of harboring Francs-tireurs. Executions were carried out quickly and without fair trial, following...
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  • Francs-tireurs were French irregular military formations during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. Franc-Tireur may also refer to: Franc-Tireur (movement)...
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    French in World War I. Convinced that the civilian population was hiding francs-tireurs, the German General Staff issued orders to execute the population and...
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    of pirates, spies, and francs-tireurs have been performed and considered legal under existing international law. Francs-tireurs (a term originating in...
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    role in the Resistance. The Communist resistance group was the FTP (Francs-Tireurs et Partisans Français-French Snipers and Partisans) headed by Charles...
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    needed] Franc-Tireur was a movement of the French Resistance founded in Lyon in November 1940 under the name France Liberté, and renamed Franc-Tireur in December...
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    corresponding to three political or professional inclinations: The Francs-Tireurs et Partisans (FTP), a para-military organism created and controlled...
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    German occupation in June 1940. With the possible exception of the Francs-Tireurs et Partisans and other groups loyal to the Communist Party of France...
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    France French Resistance Maquis Armée Juive Armée secrète Combat Franc-Tireur Francs-Tireurs et Partisans Libération-Nord Libération-sud Mouvements Unis de...
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    French garrisons in the rear and guarding lines of communication from francs-tireurs (irregular military forces). The Germans had defeated the forces of...
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    and carrying out reprisals to deter activities of francs-tireurs. Bismarck wanted all francs-tireurs hanged or shot, and encouraged his military commanders...
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    may have actually been attributable to "friendly fire" were blamed on francs-tireurs (guerrillas), who were regarded as bandits and outside the rules of...
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    Henri Frenay (Combat) Emmanuel d'Astier (Libération) Jean-Pierre Lévy (Francs-tireurs) Pierre Villon (Front national, not to be confused with the later political...
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    France French Resistance Maquis Armée Juive Armée secrète Combat Franc-Tireur Francs-Tireurs et Partisans Libération-Nord Libération-sud Mouvements Unis de...
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    communist Front National. The Front National was the political front of the Francs-Tireurs et Partisans (FTP) resistance movement. In addition to de Gaulle's edicts...
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    France French Resistance Maquis Armée Juive Armée secrète Combat Franc-Tireur Francs-Tireurs et Partisans Libération-Nord Libération-sud Mouvements Unis de...
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    Simone Segouin (category Members of the Francs-tireurs et partisans)
    (French: [nikɔl minɛ]), was a French Resistance fighter who served in the Francs-tireurs et partisans group during World War II. Among her first acts of resistance...
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    in Belgium for several days. Belgian resistance and German fear of francs-tireurs, led the Germans to implement a policy of terror (schrecklichkeit) against...
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    attacked Dinant again, under the impression that the town was full of francs-tireurs (civilian irregular forces, who were defined as terrorists under German...
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    several maquis and other organizations, including the Communist-organized Francs-Tireurs et Partisans (FTP) and the Armée secrète in southern France. In addition...
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    Neuvic-Ussel) Maquis Francs-tireurs et partisans between Corrèze and Dordogne Maquis Armée secrète Creusois (at Guéret) Maquis Francs-tireurs et partisans Limousin...
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    there was a disagreement between the Great Powers—which considered francs-tireurs unlawful combatants subject to execution on capture—and a group of small...
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  • Partisan (military), paramilitary forces engaged behind the front line Francs-tireurs et partisans, communist-led French anti-fascist resistance against Nazi...
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  • general of brigade Bruno Cremer as Col. Henri Rol-Tanguy, commander of Francs-Tireurs et Partisans Charles Boyer as Dr. Robert Monod Pierre Vaneck as Maj...
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    Committee for the European Federation created in Lyon by members of the "Francs-tireurs" group in June 1944. Following two Conferences, the first one held in...
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    to be the "political representative" of the armed force called the Francs-Tireurs et Partisans (FTP). It engaged mainly in propaganda, editing reviews...
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