The Conseil National de la Résistance (CNR) or the National Council of the Resistance is the body that directed and coordinated the different movements of the French Resistance - the press, trade unions, and members of political parties hostile to the Vichy regime, starting from mid-1943.
Read more about National Council Of The Resistance: Background, Formation and Meeting of Resistance Fighters, Arrest of Jean Moulin, Programme of The Conseil National De La Résistance
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