Combat (French Resistance)

Combat ( German battle ) was a French Resistance group, which was built in 1941 from the merger of two older Résistance groups: In July 1940, Henri Frenay had in Marseille, the group " Vérité " (Eng. truth ) founded, which published an underground magazine and raid actions undertaken. The other " Liberté" (German Freedom) was founded by university professors from the political right: François de Menthon, Pierre- Henri Coste -Floret and Teitgen. You also belonged to Georges Bidault.

1941 took over the leadership of the movement Henri Frenay Combat. It was temporarily the most important Resistance group in urban France. She stated her secret headquarters in Lyon in December 1941, the underground newspaper Combat out at the Albert Camus participated significantly. This underground newspaper, recently reaching the circulation of 300,000 copies.

Although Frenay the seconded by General Charles de Gaulle Jean Moulin initially rejected as authoritarian, Moulin could

• Henri Frenay's Combat movement
• Emmanuel d' Astier de la Libération Vigerie of the movement and
• Jean -Pierre Lévy of the Franc- Shooter

In preparation for the Allied landings of the necessity of uniting in the Movements Unis de Résistance (MUR; United ger movements of the Resistance ) convince.

Later, in May 1943 reached the Moulin Association of Movements Unis de Résistance with

• Pierre Villon movement Front National
• Pierre Brossolettes Comité d'action Socialiste
• Charles Delestraints Armée secrète
• Civile et militaire the organization
• The movement Libération Nord
• The movement Ceux de la Résistance
• The movement Ceux de la Libération

To form the Conseil National de la Résistance CNR, the National Council of Resistance.

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