Maquis insurgency

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The Maquis insurgency was a French Resistance movement of rural guerrilla fighters who conducted sabotage, intelligence, and armed attacks against German occupation forces and the Vichy regime during World War II.

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Maquis insurgency canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French Resistance movement ⓘ
insurgency ⓘ
alliance Allied powers ⓘ
linked to: Allied forces

Free French Forces ⓘ
composedOf Spanish Republicans ⓘ
draft evaders ⓘ
escaped prisoners of war ⓘ
political refugees ⓘ
rural guerrilla fighters ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country France ⓘ
endTime 1944 ⓘ
1945 ⓘ
hasEffect inspired later European resistance narratives ⓘ
strengthened postwar legitimacy of French Resistance ⓘ
hasPart Maquis de Bretagne ⓘ
Maquis de l’Ain ⓘ
linked to: Maquis du Jura

Maquis des Glières ⓘ
Maquis du Jura ⓘ
Maquis du Limousin ⓘ
linked to: Limousin region

Maquis du Mont Mouchet ⓘ
linked to: Maquis des Glières

Maquis du Vercors ⓘ
linked to: Vercors Massif
ideology French patriotism ⓘ
Gaullism ⓘ
anti-fascism ⓘ
communism ⓘ
republicanism ⓘ
socialism ⓘ
language French ⓘ
location rural France ⓘ
mainActivity ambushes ⓘ
armed attacks ⓘ
attacks on communication lines ⓘ
intelligence gathering ⓘ
railway sabotage ⓘ
sabotage ⓘ
notableEvent Battle of Glières ⓘ
Vercors uprising ⓘ
objective restore French sovereignty ⓘ
support Allied invasion of France ⓘ
undermine German occupation in France ⓘ
opponent German occupation forces in France ⓘ
Milice française ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
Vichy regime ⓘ
partOf French Resistance ⓘ
result contributed to liberation of France ⓘ
startTime 1942 ⓘ
supportedBy British government ⓘ
linked to: UK government

De Gaulle’s Free French in London ⓘ
linked to: Free France

Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
Special Operations Executive ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
usesTactic guerrilla warfare ⓘ
hit-and-run attacks ⓘ
sabotage of industrial targets ⓘ
sabotage of transport infrastructure ⓘ

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