-
rural guerrilla bands of
French and
Belgian Resistance fighters,
called maquisards,
during World War II. Initially, they were
composed of young,
mostly working-class...
- to 10,000
German soldiers invaded the m****if and
killed more than 600
maquisards and 200 civilians. It was Germany's
largest anti-partisan
operation in...
-
killings of the
maquisards. They
hoped that they
could annihilate all of
their enemies before the
Allies won. For
their part, some of the
maquisards struck back...
- representative,
persuaded the
other staff members to
regroup the
majority of
maquisards on the Glières Plateau, to
establish a base to
attack the
Germans and...
-
Maquisards (Resistance fighters) in the Hautes-Alpes département in
August 1944. SOE
agents are
second from right,
possibly Christine Granville, third...
- born to
Angolan parents. He was the
frontman of his
bands Festival des
Maquisards and
African All Stars.
Mangwana was a
member of François
Luambo Makiadi's...
-
there was an
unofficial amnesty for
those released convicts who had been
maquisards.
Their previous sentences were not remitted, but as long as they refrained...
- had
fallen in with them,
after bailing out of his P-51.
Seven captured Maquisards were also
executed in the
woods after the attack.
Three other SAS men...
- The
Limousin po****tion paid a
heavy toll for its resistance.
Numerous maquisards were killed, executed,
tortured or deported.
Following the
Normandy landings...
-
arrived at the
Grands Goulets on a
punitive expedition. A
small force of
Maquisards attempted to
block their progress but were
either outgunned or outflanked...
