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Free French, in World War II (1939–45), members of a movement for the continuation of warfare against Germany after the military collapse of Metropolitan France in the summer of 1940. Led by General Charles de Gaulle, the Free French were eventually able to unify most French resistance forces in
- French National Committee
In France: The Resistance of France …with a body called the...
- French National Committee
It joined the Allied nations in fighting Axis forces with the Free French Forces (Forces françaises libres), supported the resistance in Nazi-occupied France, known as the French Forces of the Interior, and gained strategic footholds in several French colonies in Africa.
The French Resistance (French: La Résistance) was a collection of groups that fought the Nazi occupation and the collaborationist Vichy regime in France during the Second World War.
The French Resistance (FFI for Forces Françaises de l'Interieur, 'French Forces of the Interior') blew up railroad tracks and repeatedly attacked German Army equipment and garrison trains on their way to the Atlantic coast.
25 sie 2023 · The French Resistance is a topic much examined by French historians searching to understand and highlight what was a small but fierce minority in France who operated in secret to actively resist and sabotage the Nazi invaders during WWII.
8 lip 2022 · 23-25 September 1940: Failure of the Anglo-Gaullist attempt off Dakar to rally French West Africa to Free France (Operation Menace). 24 September 1940: New Caledonia rallies to Free France. 27 September 1940: Tripartite Pact signed between Germany, Italy and Japan.
General Charles de Gaulle, leader of the Free French, meets with Georges Bidault, a commander of the French Resistance, in front of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. The date is August 26, 1944, following the liberation of the City of Light.
