Talk:Charles de Gaulle

"Resistance" and WWII

What should we call those internal forces who fought on the Allied side during the war, that are usually called "the Resistance" in propaganda? They were ultimately fighting for the restoration of an order which would ultimately destroy their own nation, even if the French so-called Resistance did include some genuine patriots, who simply did not support the Germans being in their country (including some of La Cagoule). In the case of the "Partisans" in Italy, they can simply be called "Communist terrorists", but with France, maybe "Allied sabateurs" or specific case of genuine patriots "opponents of the German presence"? Basileus 02:22, 20 March 2012 (CET)

The Resistance in occupied France was tiny autonomous units and spasmodic until 1943/4, and largely communists and the hard-left. It had virtually nothing to do with de Gaulle. Read Alexander Werth, the great expert on this period. Cicero 19:16, 18 May 2016 (CEST)