Tag Archives: French Resistance

This week in the War, 24–30 April 1944: Gold medal athlete and collaborator, Violette Morris, is gunned down by the French Resistance

This week in the war, on 26 April 1944, French gold-medal-winning athlete, Violette Morris, was ambushed by the Resistance. Morris and everyone else in her car, including two small children, died in a hail of bullets. Between the wars, Morris … Continue reading

Posted in World War II | Tagged , | Comments Off on This week in the War, 24–30 April 1944: Gold medal athlete and collaborator, Violette Morris, is gunned down by the French Resistance

This week in the War, 3–9 April 1944: Charles de Gaulle and Marie-Pierre Koenig

This week in the war, General Charles de Gaulle appointed his London-based chief-of-staff, French general Marie-Pierre Koenig to head the FFI, the French Forces of the Interior (Forces françaises de l’intérieur). Later, in June and with the full backing of the … Continue reading

Posted in World War II | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on This week in the War, 3–9 April 1944: Charles de Gaulle and Marie-Pierre Koenig

This week in the War, 24–30 May 1943: Jean Moulin calls a meeting

This week in the war, on 27 May 1943, French Resistance leader Jean Moulin called a meeting on rue du Four in Paris. Representatives of eight different resistance groups were in attendance. Jean Moulin was the personal envoy of Charles … Continue reading

Posted in World War II | Tagged , , | Comments Off on This week in the War, 24–30 May 1943: Jean Moulin calls a meeting

In the news: SOE operative,Jean-Louis de Ganay, dies at 91

The British newspaper The Telegraph reported the death yesterday of Jean-Louis de Ganay. He was 91 years old. French, and aristocratic by birth, de Ganay offered his services to the French Resistance during World War II. He was recruited by … Continue reading

Posted in In the news | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on In the news: SOE operative,Jean-Louis de Ganay, dies at 91

Vignette: The art of Jean-Pierre Gibrat—The Flight of the Raven

One day, if I write a spy story set in Nazi-occupied Paris, with a bright young heroine named… Maybe her name doesn’t matter, but I would definitely write a scene where she escapes over the rooftops exactly as Jean-Pierre Gibrat’s … Continue reading

Posted in Book, Vignette, World War II | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off on Vignette: The art of Jean-Pierre Gibrat—The Flight of the Raven

In the news: Resistance hero Raymond Aubrac dies at age 97

Resistance leader Raymond Aubrac died recently (10 April 2012) at the age of 97 in a French military hospital in Paris. Aubrac was predeceased by his equally famous wife, Lucie, who died in 2007 at the age of 94. Lucie was … Continue reading

Posted in In the news, Movie, World War II | Tagged , , | Comments Off on In the news: Resistance hero Raymond Aubrac dies at age 97