Passy (André Dewavrin’s nom de guerre)

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Passy was the nom de guerre of André Dewavrin, a key leader of Free French intelligence and resistance operations during World War II.

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instanceOf French resistance leader
intelligence officer
nom de guerre
abbreviation BCRA
affiliation Forces françaises libres
linked to: Free French Forces

Free French Forces
Gaullist movement
linked to: Gaullism
associatedWith Bureau Central de Renseignements et d’Action (BCRA)
French Resistance networks in metropolitan France
linked to: French Resistance

French government-in-exile in London
linked to: Free France
collaboratedWith British intelligence
Special Operations Executive
country France
fieldOfWork clandestine operations
military intelligence
resistance organization
hasGender male identity
historicalContext Free French struggle against Axis powers
German occupation of France
ideology French patriotism
Gaullism
anti-Nazism
language French
militaryBranch Free French Forces
notableFor contribution to Allied war effort through intelligence gathering
coordinating resistance groups with the Free French in London
leadership of Free French intelligence
liaison with British intelligence services
organizing intelligence networks in occupied France
planning and directing sabotage and intelligence missions
role in the French Resistance
operatedIn London
linked to: London, England

Occupied France
opposed Nazi Germany
Vichy regime
positionHeld chief of the Bureau Central de Renseignements et d’Action
head of Free French intelligence services
realName André Dewavrin
role coordinator between internal and external resistance
timePeriod 20th century
usedBy André Dewavrin
usedDuring Second World War
linked to: World War II
workedFor Charles de Gaulle

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Bureau Central de Renseignements et d’Action notableCommander Passy (André Dewavrin’s nom de guerre)