What is French Resistance?
{{no sources|date=February 2024}} [[File:FFI Fighter.jpg|thumb|A French Resistance fighter]] [[File:American officer and French partisan crouch behind an auto during a street fight in a French city. - NARA - 531322.tif|thumb|At the end of the war, members of the Resistance, like this man with a [[Sten Mk II]] gun, fought alongside Allied troops to take control of France away from Nazi Germany.]] The '''French Resistance''' was a group of French [[Rebellion|resistance movements]] that fought against the [[Nazi Germany|Nazi German]] [[military occupation]] in [[France]] during [[World War II]] (1939–1945). Resistance cells were small groups of armed men and women who killed German soldiers, published secret [[Newspaper|newspapers]], collected information about the German army, and helped [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] soldiers and pilots who were trapped in France to get back to [[Great Britain]]. The men and women of the Resistance came from all levels of society and different [[religion]]<nowiki/>s. The [[Allies of World War II|Allied armies]] helped the French Resistance by giving them guns and [[explosive]]s. It was very dangerous to be a member of the French Resistance. Members who were caught by the Germans were often [[Torture|tortured]] and killed. When the Resistance killed a German officer, sometimes the Nazi army would kill large numbers of innocent civilians as a [[punishment]]. The French Resistance helped the Allied armies to advance through France in [[1944]]. After the [[invasion of Normandy]] on 6 June 1944, and the [[invasion of Provence]] on 15 August, they gave the Allies information about the German defenses. The Resistance also [[wikt:sabotage|sabotaged]] the electrical [[power grid]], transportation methods, and [[telecommunications]] networks. During the Nazi occupation of France, the resistance was an inspiring example of [[Patriotism|patriotic]] behavior and bravery. When the war was over, the Resistance [[execution|executed]] about 9,000 French people who were working to help the