French resistance fighters in WW2. 470 SOE agents were sent on sabotage missions to occupied France where they fought with networks of French resistance fighters who played an important part in the liberation of France in 1944. The 'Maquis' refers mainly to the rural guerrilla bands.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
French Resistance / The Maquis
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Violette Szabo home
Violette Szabo, GC, 1921 - 1945, secret agent, lived here. She gave her life ...
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War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Donald Blakeslee
Colonel Donald James Matthew Blakeslee was born on 11 September 1917 in Fairport Harbor, Lake County, Ohio, USA, the eldest of the three sons of James Harold Blakeslee (1897-1953) and Maria Fanny B...
War served, WW2
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
siege of Cadiz
Part of the Peninsular Wars which were part of the Napoleonic Wars.  The French besieged Cadiz, where the Spanish government was based, and the Portuguese and British assisted the Spanish.  On  22 ...
1 memorial
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