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and Charles de Gaulle succeeded Moulin as Joint Presidents of the CNR but by October of the very

same year, de Gaulle had manipulated his way into becoming the sole leader.

On 3rd June 1943, the saboteurs eviscerated 300 tons of tires at the Michelin factory in Clermont-

Ferrant and on 19th December, Résistants engaged in heavy fighting with Nazis in Bernex, France.

19th January 1944 - Resistance workers bombed the Usines Ratier Airscrew Works in south-western

France wreaking havoc to it so thoroughly that it completely ceased production during wartime.

While German guards patrolled the yards outside, charges with 30 minute fuses were laid which

detonated with such force that a 30 ton press was sent rocketing 25 feet into the air.

By 10th May 1944, the Resistance garnered a membership of over 100,000 Frenchmen and

demanded greater military aid from the Allies. On 28th June, the resistance workers executed

Philipe Henriot, Minister of Information and local Milice leader, in reprisal to which the Milice

leader in Lyon, Paul Tovier selected and executed 7 Jewish prisoners.

By 16th August 1944, French Resistance fighters captured along the Swiss border, three enemy

posts and liberated Toulouse in France on 20th August. The Organisation Juive de Combat played a

vital role in the liberation of Paris, Lyon, Toulouse, Grenoble and Nice.

THE COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT

“Had all of us in France meekly,
lawfully carried out the orders of the
German master, no Frenchman
could have ever looked another
man in the face. Such submission
would have saved the lives of many
-- some very dear to me -- but
France would have lost its soul.”

-- Commandant le Baron de
Vomécourt