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65 relations: André Malraux, André Zirnheld, Appeal of 18 June, Axis powers, Édouard Le Jeune, Émile Coulaudon, Béthincourt, Bernard Saint-Hillier, Brest, France, Caen, Caniac-du-Causse, Charles de Gaulle, Cross for Military Valour, Cross of Lorraine, Decree, France, Free France, French colonial empire, French Committee of National Liberation, French Foreign Legion, French Resistance, French submarine Surcouf, Georges Journois, Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu, German military administration in occupied France during World War II, Indochina, Jane Vialle, Jean Pierre-Bloch, Josephine Baker, Latin, List of French paratrooper units, Louis Bonvin, Maquis (World War II), Marcel Bigeard, Marsoulas, Meximieux, Milice, Miribel, Ain, Moiré pattern, Montceau-les-Mines, Nantua, Obverse and reverse, Office of Strategic Services, Order of Liberation, Ordre des Palmes Académiques, Oyonnax, Philippe Auboyneau, Pierre Brossolette, Pierre de Bénouville, Pierre Jeanpierre, ..., Pierre Kaan, René Joyeuse, Roman numerals, Rose Valland, Rosette (decoration), Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey, Samuel Beckett, Terrou, The Paratrooper's Prayer, United Kingdom, University of Strasbourg, World War II, 13th Demi-Brigade of Foreign Legion, 1st Infantry Regiment (France), 6th Engineer Regiment (France). Expand index (15 more) »
André Malraux
André Malraux DSO (3 November 1901 – 23 November 1976) was a French novelist, art theorist and Minister of Cultural Affairs.
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André Zirnheld
André Louis Arthur Zirnheld (March 7, 1913 – June 27, 1942) was a French paratrooper, a member of the Free French Air Force, and a member of the French Squadron, Special Air Service during World War II.
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Appeal of 18 June
The Appeal of 18 June (L'Appel du 18 juin) was a famous speech by Charles de Gaulle, the leader of the Free French Forces, in 1940.
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Axis powers
The Axis powers (Achsenmächte; Potenze dell'Asse; 枢軸国 Sūjikukoku), also known as the Axis and the Rome–Berlin–Tokyo Axis, were the nations that fought in World War II against the Allied forces.
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Édouard Le Jeune
Édouard Le Jeune (20 February 1921 – 9 April 2017) was a French World War II veteran and politician.
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Émile Coulaudon
Émile Coulaudon (29 December 1907 - 1 June 1977), known as Colonel Gaspard, was one of the principal leaders of the French Resistance in Auvergne during the Second World War.
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Béthincourt
Béthincourt is a commune in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region in northeastern France.
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Bernard Saint-Hillier
Bernard Saint-Hillier (29 December 1911 – 28 July 2004) was a French general.
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Brest, France
Brest is a city in the Finistère département in Brittany.
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Caen
Caen (Norman: Kaem) is a commune in northwestern France.
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Caniac-du-Causse
Caniac-du-Causse is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France.
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Charles de Gaulle
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French general and statesman who led the French Resistance against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Republic from 1944 to 1946 in order to reestablish democracy in France.
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Cross for Military Valour
The Cross for Military Valour (Croix de la Valeur Militaire) is a military decoration of France.
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Cross of Lorraine
The Cross of Lorraine (Croix de Lorraine) is a heraldic two-barred cross, consisting of a vertical line crossed by two shorter horizontal bars.
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Decree
A decree is a rule of law usually issued by a head of state (such as the president of a republic or a monarch), according to certain procedures (usually established in a constitution).
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France
France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.
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Free France
Free France and its Free French Forces (French: France Libre and Forces françaises libres) were the government-in-exile led by Charles de Gaulle during the Second World War and its military forces, that continued to fight against the Axis powers as one of the Allies after the fall of France.
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French colonial empire
The French colonial empire constituted the overseas colonies, protectorates and mandate territories that came under French rule from the 16th century onward.
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French Committee of National Liberation
The French Committee of National Liberation (Comité français de Libération nationale) was a provisional government of Free France formed by the French generals Henri Giraud and Charles de Gaulle to provide united leadership, organize and coordinate the campaign to liberate France from Nazi Germany during World War II.
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French Foreign Legion
The French Foreign Legion (Légion étrangère) (FFL; Légion étrangère, L.É.) is a military service branch of the French Army established in 1831.
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French Resistance
The French Resistance (La Résistance) was the collection of French movements that fought against the Nazi German occupation of France and against the collaborationist Vichy régime during the Second World War.
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French submarine Surcouf
Surcouf was the largest French submarine cruiser built.
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Georges Journois
Georges Henri Journois (13 November 1896 – 26 September 1944) was a French resistance fighter and Brigadier General who died in a subcamp of the Neuengamme concentration camp in Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
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Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu
Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu, in religion Father Louis of the Trinity, O.C.D. (7 August 1889 – 7 September 1964), was a Discalced Carmelite friar and priest, who was also a diplomat and French Navy officer and admiral; he became one of the major personalities of the Forces navales françaises libres.
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German military administration in occupied France during World War II
The Military Administration in France (Militärverwaltung in Frankreich; Occupation de la France par l'Allemagne) was an interim occupation authority established by Nazi Germany during World War II to administer the occupied zone in areas of northern and western France.
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Indochina
Indochina, originally Indo-China, is a geographical term originating in the early nineteenth century and referring to the continental portion of the region now known as Southeast Asia.
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Jane Vialle
Jane Vialle (1906-1953) was a politician, journalist, and women's rights activist.
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Jean Pierre-Bloch
Jean Pierre-Bloch (born Jean-Pierre Bloch) (14 April 1905 – 17 March 1999) was a French Resistant of the Second World War as an activist, being a former president of the International League against Racism and Anti-Semitism.
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Josephine Baker
Josephine Baker (born Freda Josephine McDonald; 3 June 1906 – 12 April 1975) was an American-born French entertainer, activist, and French Resistance agent.
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Latin
Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
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List of French paratrooper units
The history of French airborne units began in the Interwar period when the French Armed Forces formed specialized paratroopers units.
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Louis Bonvin
Louis Alexis Étienne Bonvin (November 6, 1886 in Montluçon (Allier) – February 23, 1946, Montluçon (Allier)) was a French diplomat and colonial official of the French Third Republic, who served as Governor General of French India between 1938 and 1946.
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Maquis (World War II)
The Maquis were rural guerrilla bands of French Resistance fighters, called maquisards, during the Occupation of France in World War II.
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Marcel Bigeard
Marcel "Bruno" Bigeard (14 February 1916 – 18 June 2010) was a French military officer who fought in World War II, Indochina and Algeria.
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Marsoulas
Marsoulas is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.
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Meximieux
Meximieux is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.
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Milice
The Milice française (French Militia), generally called the Milice, was a political paramilitary organization created on 30 January 1943 by the Vichy regime (with German aid) to help fight against the French Resistance during World War II.
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Miribel, Ain
Miribel is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.
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Moiré pattern
In mathematics, physics, and art, a moiré pattern or moiré fringes are large-scale interference patterns that can be produced when an opaque ruled pattern with transparent gaps is overlaid on another similar pattern.
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Montceau-les-Mines
Montceau-les-Mines is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne in eastern France.
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Nantua
Nantua is a commune and subprefecture in the Ain department in eastern France.
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Obverse and reverse
Obverse and its opposite, reverse, refer to the two flat faces of coins and some other two-sided objects, including paper money, flags, seals, medals, drawings, old master prints and other works of art, and printed fabrics.
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Office of Strategic Services
The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was a wartime intelligence agency of the United States during World War II, and a predecessor of the modern Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
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Order of Liberation
The Order of Liberation ("Ordre de la Libération") is a French Order which was awarded to heroes of the Liberation of France during World War II.
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Ordre des Palmes Académiques
The Ordre des Palmes académiques (Order of Academic Palms) is a national order of France for distinguished academics and figures in the world of culture and education.
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Oyonnax
Oyonnax is the second most populated commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France.
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Philippe Auboyneau
Philippe Auboyneau (9 November 1899, Constantinople – 22 February 1961) was an officer in the French Navy.
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Pierre Brossolette
Pierre Brossolette (25 June 1903 – 22 March 1944) was a French journalist, a leading left-wing politician, and a major hero of the French Resistance.
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Pierre de Bénouville
Pierre de Bénouville (8 August 1914 – 4 December 2001) was a French general.
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Pierre Jeanpierre
Pierre Paul Jeanpierre (14 March 1912 – 29 May 1958) was a Frenchman, a soldier of legend in the French Foreign Legion who initially served in the French Army.
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Pierre Kaan
Pierre Kaan (French: pjεʀ kɑ̃ 10 January 1903 – 18 May 1945) was a professor of philosophy, Marxist essayist, and prominent member of the French Resistance during the Second World War.
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René Joyeuse
René Joyeuse (17 January 192012 June 2012) was a Swiss, French and American soldier, physician and researcher, who distinguished himself as an agent of Allied intelligence in German-occupied France during World War II.
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Roman numerals
The numeric system represented by Roman numerals originated in ancient Rome and remained the usual way of writing numbers throughout Europe well into the Late Middle Ages.
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Rose Valland
Rose Antonia Maria Valland (1 November 1898 – 18 September 1980) was a French art historian, member of the French Resistance, captain in the French military, and one of the most decorated women in French history.
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Rosette (decoration)
A rosette is a small, circular device that is typically presented with a medal.
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Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey
Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.
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Samuel Beckett
Samuel Barclay Beckett (13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director, poet, and literary translator who lived in Paris for most of his adult life.
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Terrou
Terrou is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France.
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The Paratrooper's Prayer
La Prière du Para (The Paratrooper's Prayer) is a French poem found in the possession of the presumed author, Aspirant (Brevet-Lieutenant) André Zirnheld, upon his death in Libya on June 27, 1942.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.
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University of Strasbourg
The University of Strasbourg (Université de Strasbourg, Unistra or UDS) in Strasbourg, Alsace, France, is the second largest university in France (after Aix-Marseille University), with about 46,000 students and over 4,000 researchers.
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World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.
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13th Demi-Brigade of Foreign Legion
The 13th Demi-Brigade of Foreign Legion (13e Demi-Brigade de Légion Étrangère, 13e DBLE), was created in 1940 and was the main unit of the 1st Free French Division, Free French Forces (FFL).
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1st Infantry Regiment (France)
The 1st Infantry Regiment (1er régiment d'infanterie, abbreviated 1er RI) is an infantry regiment of the French Army, founded in 1479 as one of the oldest regiments in active service in the world.
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6th Engineer Regiment (France)
The 6th Engineers Regiment (6e Régiment du Génie) is a regiment of the génie militaire of the French Military constituted under the IIIrd Republic.
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Medaille de la Resistance, Medal of Resistance, Medal of the Resistance, Medal of the Résistance, Médaille de la Résistance, Médaille de la résistance, Resistance medal, Rosette of the Résistance, Résistance medal.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resistance_Medal
