Comet Line

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The Comet Line was a clandestine escape network in occupied Europe during World War II that helped Allied airmen and others evade capture by guiding them from Belgium through France to safety in Spain.

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Comet Line canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II resistance movement
clandestine escape network
resistance network
activeDuring World War II
alternativeName Comète Line
Réseau Comète
countryHelped Allied powers
linked to: Allied forces

Canada
United Kingdom
United States
enemyOf Gestapo
Nazi Germany
founder Andrée de Jongh
helpedGroup Allied soldiers
downed Allied airmen
resistance members
historicalSignificance major escape line in Western Europe during World War II
ideology anti-Nazi
pro-Allied
languageOfOperation Dutch
French
Spanish
notableLeader Andrée de Jongh
notableMember Elvire de Greef
Frédéric de Jongh
Jean-François Nothomb
operatedIn Belgium
France
Spain
opposedBy German occupation authorities
primaryPurpose to guide evaders from occupied territory to neutral Spain
to help Allied airmen evade capture
riskLevel very high
routeEnd Spain
routeStart Belgium
routeVia France
supportedBy Belgian resistance
British intelligence services
MI9
typicalCrossingPoint Pyrenees
typicalDestinationCity Bilbao
San Sebastián
usedMethod civilian guides
forged documents
overland escape routes
safe houses
victimOf arrests
deportations
executions of members

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Belgian resistance hasPart Comet Line
Andrée de Jongh notableWork Comet Line
Andrée de Jongh founded Comet Line