Military actions of Vichy France during World War II
1940
Attack on Mers-el-Kébir
Gibraltar
Battle of Dakar
Battle of Gabon
Japanese invasion of French Indochina
1940 Bắc Sơn uprising
Franco-Thai War
1940 Cochinchina uprising
Đô Lương mutiny
Battle of Yang Dang Khum
Battle of Phum Preav
Battle of Ko Chang
1941
Battle of Angkor
Bombing of Phnom Penh
Syria–Lebanon campaign
Capture of Saint Pierre and Miquelon
1942
Battle of Madagascar
Operation Torch
Case Anton
Scuttling of the French fleet at Toulon
Battle of Réunion
1944
Battle of Glières
Battle of Mont Mouchet
Battle of Vercors
Liberation of Paris
Battles of Khai Phat and Na Ngan
1945
1945 Ba Tơ uprising
Japanese coup d'état in French Indochina
The Battle of Vercors in July and August 1944 was between a rural group of the French Forces of the Interior (FFI) [maquis] and the armed forces of Nazi Germany which had occupied France since 1940 in the Second World War. The maquis used the prominent scenic plateau known as the Massif du Vercors (Vercors Plateau) as a refuge. The maquis carried out sabotage and partisan operations against the Germans. After the Normandy Invasion of 6 June 1944, the leadership of a force of about 4,000 maquis declared the Free Republic of Vercors and attempted to create a conventional army to oppose the German occupation.
The Allies supported the maquis with parachute drops of weapons and by supplying teams of advisors and trainers but the uprising was premature. In July 1944, up to 10,000 German soldiers invaded the massif and killed more than 600 maquisards and 200 civilians. It was Germany's largest anti-partisan operation in Western Europe.[6] In August 1944, shortly after the battle for the Vercors, the area was liberated from German control by the Americans and the FFI.
1944, shortly after the battle for the Vercors, the area was liberated from German control by the Americans and the FFI. The Vercors Massif is a roughly triangular-shaped...
The Vercors Massif (French pronunciation: [vɛʁkɔʁ]; Occitan: Vercòrs) is a range in France consisting of rugged plateaus and mountains straddling the départements...
occupation of northern France and his texts were published using the pseudonym Vercors (a reference to the Resistance: see BattleofVercors). Several of his...
artillery, and liberal use of landmines. A force of 4,000 French Resistance (FFI) fighters proclaimed the Free Republic ofVercors opposing the German army...
speeches are two speeches delivered by General Charles de Gaulle of France in the context of liberation after the Normandy landings in June 1944 and in the...
guerrilla warfare. The most important anti-partisan action was the BattleofVercors. The most infamous one was the Oradour-sur-Glane massacre. Other notable...
2017). "Le Vercors résistant". vercors-resistance.fr (in French). Association nationale des pionniers et combattants volontaires du Vercors. Retrieved...
was seriously wounded while leading a Zouave bayonet charge during the Battleof St. Quentin on 30 August 1914, and was left for dead on the field. He...
Dunkerque in Lambersart and in the Citadel laid down their arms. The Battleof Lille officially ended on June 1, when French soldiers were marched through...
vows as a Jesuit in 1935. As a member of the French Resistance, he served as a chaplain at the BattleofVercors and was executed by the Gestapo. As a...
The Battleof Gazala (near the village of Gazala) was fought during the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War, west of the port of Tobruk in...
The Battleof Bir Hakeim (Arabic pronunciation: [biʔr ħaˈkiːm] ) took place at Bir Hakeim, an oasis in the Libyan desert south and west of Tobruk, during...
outbreak of the First World War as a private and by 1915 had completed his officer training and later fought at the Battleof Verdun. During the course of the...
During World War II: Vercors Plateau redoubt used by the Free French Forces A national redoubt is an area to which the remnant forces of a nation can be withdrawn...
the Battle for the Vercors 1944. London: William Collins. p. 97. ISBN 978-0007520817. Coustaury, Alain (July 2006). "PLAQUES AUX BARRAQUES-EN-VERCORS"....
English titles Silence of the Sea and Put Out the Light, is a French novella written in 1941 by Jean Bruller under the pseudonym "Vercors". Published secretly...
"Travel to America with Vercors (1961-1962)" "Words of Vercors," preface (2004) Vercors (1984). Vercors, Les Nouveaux Jours. Plon. p. 143. "Faire-part de décès"...
September 1944, and which had participated in operations against the maquis ofVercors. The division was stationed in France until the Italian surrender when...
histories of the French Resistance that SS paratroopers carried out a parachute assault in July 1944 against French partisan forces on the Vercors plateau...
of Franz Kutschera Montagnards (1944) – FFI action to establish base in Vercors Massif Cadillac (1944) – airborne supply operation to FFI in Vercors Massif...
Appeal of 18 June (French: L'Appel du 18 juin) was the first speech made by Charles de Gaulle after his arrival in London in 1940 following the Battleof France...
of Saint-Julien-en-Vercors on the remote Vercors Plateau. Skarbek arrived in the midst of a large operation headed by British major Desmond Longe of supplying...
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