Background
Various resistance movements had arisen in France since the start of the German occupation in June 1940. With the possible exception of the Francs-tireurs partisans and other groups loyal to the Communist Party of France, the maquis groups were mostly unorganised and unrelated to one another. This lack of coordination made them less effective in their actions against the Nazi occupiers.
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