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The French Resistance
The French Resistance
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The French Resistance
• When Marshal HenriPhilippe Petain came to
power in France he
immediately began
negotiations with Adolf
Hitler and on 22nd June
1940 signed an armistice
with Germany.
The French Resistance
• The agreement divided
France into occupied
and unoccupied
• The occupied zone
was run by the
Germans.
• The unoccupied zone
was run by the French
government at Vichy
under Petain.
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The French Resistance
• Some members of the French Army led by General Charles De Gaulle
managed to escape to England. Soon after arriving he made a speech
where he argued that :
• "whatever happens, the flame of French Resistance must not and will
not be extinguished."
The French Resistance
At first, humiliated by Germany's easy victory, few French
people sought to continue the war. There were scattered acts
of sabotage but these people were unorganized and in most
cases were quickly arrested by the authorities.
The French Resistance
After the war General Dwight D. Eisenhower wrote:
"Throughout France the Resistance
had been of inestimable value in the
campaign. Without their great assistance
the liberation of France would have
consumed a much longer time and
meant greater losses to ourselves."
The French Resistance
Many of them were former soldiers, others were former socialists
and communists who had fled the Gestapo.
The French Resistance
Many of them hid in the forested regions, especially in the
unoccupied zone.
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The French Resistance
• Boosted the morale of the
French People (propaganda
value)
• Created a governmental
structure post-occupation
• Created leaders amongst the
French
• Created a counter to possible
historical recollections of
WWII for future generations
• Inspired later generations of
Resistance fighters
• The downed fliers who were
saved by the resistance
fighters
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The French Resistance
• The whole military "impact" of
the French resistance was less
than the impact of RAF pilots in
one night.
• The French resistance fighters
blew up bridges, derailed trains,
directed the British in the
bombing of German troop
trains, kidnapped and killed
German army officers, and
ambushed German troops.
• The collaboration of the French
resistance with the British was a
violation of the French
Armistice
• Operating the escape lines for
the downed fliers lead to many
deaths
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Interesting Facts
People who were in the Resistance included;
Albert Camus
Samuel Beckett
Jean-Paul Sartre
Simone de Beauvoir
Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Interesting Facts
People who were in the Resistance included;
Albert Camus
Samuel Beckett
Jean-Paul Sartre
Simone de Beauvoir
Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Interesting Facts
• A number of
underground
newspapers
and magazines
were created by
the resistance
Interesting Facts
• On 5th June, 1944,
General Dwight D.
Eisenhower asked the
BBC sent out coded
messages to the resistance
asking them to carry out
acts of resistance during
the D-day landings in
order to help Allied forces
establish a beachhead on
the Normandy coast.
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Emotional Phase
Emotional and people-oriented aspects of Evacuation
• Imagine what it would be like for a member of the
Resistance?
• Imagine what it would be like for a member of the Vichy ?
• Were they right to fight ?
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Summary of New Facts
What did we all learn together ?
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Finish Off
Thank you very much for your time, and
patience, I hope you have a nice weekend.
Damian