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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. Initially, the maquis carried out only sabotage and partisan operations against the Germans. However, after the Normandy Invasion of 6 June 1944, the leadership of an army of about 4,000 maquis declared the Free Republic of Vercors and attempted to create a conventional army to oppose the German occupation.

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  • 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. Initially, the maquis carried out only sabotage and partisan operations against the Germans. However, after the Normandy Invasion of 6 June 1944, the leadership of an army 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, as many as 10,000 German soldiers invaded the massif and killed more than 600 of the maquisards and 200 civilians. It was Germany's largest anti-partisan operation in Western Europe of the war. In August 1944, shortly after the battle for the Vercors, the area was liberated from German control by the American Army and the FFI. (en)
  • Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, le maquis du Vercors fut une importante base de la Résistance française réfugiée dans le massif du Vercors, considéré comme une véritable forteresse naturelle. (fr)
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  • 18 missing
  • 65 killed
  • 133 wounded
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  • Supported by
  • Republic of Vercors
  • Vichy France
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  • 1944-07-21 (xsd:date)
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  • German victory
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  • 8,000–10,000
  • (36 aircraft operational)
  • 4,000 Maquisards
  • 500 MiliceFranc-Gardes
  • 67 combat aircraft
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  • Vercors Massif (en)
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  • Vichy France (en)
  • Supported by (en)
  • Republic of Vercors (en)
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  • François Huet (en)
  • Karl Pflaum (en)
  • Raoul Dagostini (en)
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  • Battle of Vercors (en)
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  • 0001-07-21 (xsd:gMonthDay)
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  • Vercors Plateau, France (en)
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  • The large majority of the fighters were young and inexperienced men. The few French and allied instructors tried everything to train them fully but, owing to shortage of time and ammunition, this task turned out to be too challenging. (en)
  • by the early months of 1943, the forest and fastnesses of places like the Vercors had become home and refuge to a polyglot collection of the elements of defeated France: its new generations, its old administrators, its competing political parties, its heterodox communities and the scattered fragments of its once proud army. (en)
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  • German victory (en)
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  • Paddy Ashdown, ''The Cruel Victory'.' (en)
  • Peter Lieb, Vercors 1944. (en)
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  • Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, le maquis du Vercors fut une importante base de la Résistance française réfugiée dans le massif du Vercors, considéré comme une véritable forteresse naturelle. (fr)
  • 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. Initially, the maquis carried out only sabotage and partisan operations against the Germans. However, after the Normandy Invasion of 6 June 1944, the leadership of an army of about 4,000 maquis declared the Free Republic of Vercors and attempted to create a conventional army to oppose the German occupation. (en)
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  • Battle of Vercors (en)
  • Maquis du Vercors (fr)
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