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Georges Guingouin
Born2 February 1913 Edit this on Wikidata
Magnac-Laval Edit this on Wikidata
Died27 October 2005 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 92)
Troyes Edit this on Wikidata
Awards
  • Commander of the Legion of Honour (2005) Edit this on Wikidata

Georges Guingouin (2 February 1913, Magnac-Laval in Haute-Vienne, France – 27 October 2005, Troyes, France) was a French Communist Party (PCF) militant who played a leading role in the French resistance as head of the Maquis du Limousin. He was controversial as a result of extortion committed under his authority during the épuration sauvage in Limousin during 1944.

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Adolf Diekmann

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History of the French Communist Party

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Black market in wartime France

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Deaths in October 2005

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photographer. Norman Ellis, 92, New Zealand cricketer (Auckland). Georges Guingouin, 92, French Communist Party militant, one of the most famous French...

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Mont Gargan

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between the German army and the maquis resistance fighters led by Georges Guingouin. There is also a circular look-out point which has a diagram identifying...

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List of kidnappings

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Georges Guingouin while heading anti-resistance activities in southern France. The day after his abduction, Kämpfe was burned alive under Guingouin's...

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Military history of France during World War II

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of Mont Gargan [fr], FTP forces (Francs-tireurs partisans) under Georges Guingouin fought the Wehrmacht brigade led by General Curt von Jesser. By the...

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Robert Giraud

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Timeline of the liberation of France

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Ambrugeat

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after an unpleasant imprisonment at Limoges. He set up contact with Georges Guingouin as a basis for the first FTP (Francs-tireurs et partisans) troops...

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