Maquis du Vercors uprising

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Maquis_du_Vercors_uprising
GPTKB entity
Statements (30)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf revolutionary
gptkbp:casualties civilians killed
hundreds of Maquisards killed
gptkbp:commemoratedBy July 21 (annual ceremonies)
gptkbp:country gptkb:France
gptkbp:endDate July 1944
gptkbp:goal establish Free French stronghold
support Allied landings in Normandy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Maquis du Vercors uprising
gptkbp:location gptkb:Vercors_Massif
gptkbp:memorial gptkb:Vercors_Resistance_Memorial
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Jean_Prévost
gptkb:Eugène_Chavant
gptkb:François_Huet
gptkbp:notableEvent massacre of civilians
German airborne assault
gptkbp:notableTown gptkb:La_Chapelle-en-Vercors
gptkb:Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte
gptkb:Vassieux-en-Vercors
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:SS_Polizei_Regiment
gptkb:Maquis_du_Vercors
Fallschirmjäger (German paratroopers)
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkb:Vichy_France
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:French_Resistance
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:result German victory
gptkbp:startDate June 1944
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:French_resistance
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5