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    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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    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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  • 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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    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 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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    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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    (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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    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 Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (French for 'Order of Arts and Letters') is an order of France established on 2 May 1957 by the Minister of Culture...
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  • Thumbnail for Croix de Guerre 1939–1945
    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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  • 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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    (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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    Médaille militaire (category Military awards and decorations of France)
    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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  • 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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  • Thumbnail for Jean-Pierre Lévy (resistance leader)
    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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    Bertrand Ract-Madoux Sergeant Gilles Mourey French Resistance heroine Andrée Peel French Resistance member Léopold Rabinovitch World War 2 intelligence...
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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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    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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  • Thumbnail for Cross for Military Valour
    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    the French government and the kings of Cambodia each granted themselves the Order of Cambodia. The French president was rightly Grand Cross in the Royal...
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  • Thumbnail for Order of Agricultural Merit
    only to the Legion of Honour within the French order of precedence. The order was established on 7 July 1883, based on the proposition of the then Minister...
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