Talk:Maquis (World War II)
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I think it would be very interesting to learn about the organisation of the french Resistace and whether it was based alonmg organisaton routes similar to that of the Third Reich.
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[edit] Maquis
They were probably all riddled with spys, agents, and traders.
[edit] Mostly a legend...
The whole French Resistance had very little effect on the German war effort. In fact, the whole French population was quite friendly with the Germans. (Well some people were lazy, they didnt want to do da forced labor thingy. :) ) Of course, De Gaulle had his minor resistance against the Germans, so after the war his goverment started a state-funded propaganda campaign to build the "legend" of the Maquis...maybe he wanted to make the next generations believe, that their parents and grandparents didnt help the Germans to commit their war-crimes. Even nowadays, films are made about the great resistance, for example "Charlotte Gray"...it seems that misinformation campaign succeeded.
- Bet your a Yank with nothing better to do than make ignorant comments. History paints a very different picture from the one you present. The French resistance played a fundamental role in the Second World War. You make me sick! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.56.116.105 (talk) 18:29, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
- I completley disagree my Grandfather was a member of the SAS and fought along side the Maquis, they conducted countless missions desrtoy weapons chaches, troop collums, roads to the front, the list goes on.--Rob 05:08, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
"The Next Moon" by Andre Hue & Ewen Southerby-Tailyour, great book that covers the missions of the French SAS and SOE during June 44 who also helped organise the French Maquis.
[edit] SAS Involvment
I rekon we should mention the SAS involvement with the Maquis. They where parachuted in and set up camps basiclly provinding supplies and command and control aswell as assiting on missions.
[edit] Spanish Maquis
In Spain, the term Maquis commonly refers to spaniards who had fled to france after the spanish civil war, but continued to carry out guerrilla attacks in spain against the fascist government there. shouldn't there be a mention of this? Murderbike 07:18, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
This article is about Worl War II maquis although the spanish civil war and WWII are intertwined so I am not sure if it should go here. --Mcgrath50 07:55, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
hmm, ok, maybe i'll just try to do a spanish maquis page. Murderbike 08:55, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Literature
Can anyone recommend a decent book (in English) covering the history of the Maquis? --Bikeroo 07:19, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
"The Next Moon" by Andre Hue & Ewen Southerby-Tailyour, great book that covers the missions of the French SAS and SOE during June 44 who also helped organise the French Maquis. - Chris 16/10/2007 16.40 (GMT) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.249.149.2 (talk)
