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

Posted on April 24, 2016 by secondbysecond

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 →

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

Posted on April 3, 2016 by secondbysecond

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 →

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

Posted on May 29, 2015 by secondbysecond

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 →

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

Posted on July 17, 2013 by secondbysecond

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 →

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

Posted on September 5, 2012 by secondbysecond

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 →

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

Posted on April 14, 2012 by secondbysecond

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 →

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