French Resistance - Networks and Movements

Networks and Movements

In this context, it is customary to distinguish the various organizations of the French Résistance as movements or networks.

A Résistance network was an organization created for a specific military purpose, usually intelligence-gathering, sabotage or aiding Allied air crews who had been shot down behind enemy lines. A Résistance movement, on the other hand, was focused on educating and organizing the population, i.e., "to raise awareness and organize the people as broadly as possible."

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