Maquis (French Resistance)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Maquis_(French_Resistance)

GPTKB entity

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:French_Resistance
gptkbp:activeDuring	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:affiliatedWith	gptkb:Free_French_Forces gptkb:Forces_Françaises_de_l'Intérieur_(FFI) gptkb:Gaullists gptkb:Anarchists gptkb:Communist_Party_of_France Socialists
gptkbp:commemoratedBy	gptkb:8_May_(Victory_in_Europe_Day) French national memory
gptkbp:country	gptkb:France
gptkbp:dissolved	1944
gptkbp:enemyOf	gptkb:German_Wehrmacht gptkb:Gestapo gptkb:Milice SS
gptkbp:founded	1942
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Maquis (French Resistance)
gptkbp:membersCalled	gptkb:maquisards
gptkbp:nameOrigin	maquis shrubland
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Operation_Overlord gptkb:Liberation_of_Paris gptkb:Operation_Jedburgh gptkb:Operation_Dragoon gptkb:Battle_of_Vercors
gptkbp:notableFor	guerrilla warfare sabotage assisting Allied landings
gptkbp:notableLeader	gptkb:Emmanuel_d'Astier_de_la_Vigerie gptkb:Henri_Frenay gptkb:Lucie_Aubrac gptkb:Pierre_Brossolette gptkb:Raymond_Aubrac gptkb:Jean_Moulin gptkb:Georges_Guingouin
gptkbp:notableOperation	sabotage of railways ambushes of German convoys assisting escape of Allied airmen disruption of German communications
gptkbp:operatesIn	mountainous regions rural France
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Nazi_Germany gptkb:Vichy_France
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:French_Resistance
gptkbp:subjectOf	books documentaries films
gptkbp:supportedBy	gptkb:Allied_Powers
gptkbp:symbol	gptkb:Cross_of_Lorraine
gptkbp:vehicleType	bicycles trains trucks
gptkbp:weapon	gptkb:Sten_gun explosives rifles hand grenades
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Operation_Jedburgh
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5