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| Le croix de Lorraine - The symbol of the French Résistance. |
The French resistance is the name given to the collection of French resistance movements that fought against the Nazi German occupation of France and the Vichy regime during World War II.
Résistance cells were small groups of armed men and women (called manquis in rural areas.) -who among with their war commitments wrote for newspapers - giving first hand information about what was happening.
The people who were representing their country by partaking in the French resistance came from varied backgrounds regarding politics, economics, religion, social classes, age,occupations etc - from the Roman Catholics to the Jewish community.
"The French Résistance played a significant role in facilitating the Allies' rapid advance through France following the invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944, and the lesser-known invasion of Provence on 15 August, by providing military intelligence on the German defenses known as the Atlantic Wall and on Wehrmacht deployments and orders of battle"
The resistance carried out acts of sabotage on the electrical power grid, transportation facilities and telecommunication networks. This act was particularly important to France, both politically and morally due to the Invasion of Germany and L'occupation which was forced upon their country.
The motivation for the French resistance was purely the German Occupation which divided their country; it was their way of fighting back, in attempt to claim back the area of France that was once theirs.
Foreigners in the resistance.
- Spanish manquis.
- German anti-fascists.
- Luxembourgers.
- Hungarians.
- Italian anti-fascists.
- Polish resistance in France during World War I.
- Cajun Americans.
To summarise: La résistance is the act carried out by France to fight back against the Germans during the reign on Reich (L'occupation.).
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