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Short History Of...

The French Resistance

Short History Of...

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4.74.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

During the dark years of the Nazi occupation, many French and Allied citizens risked and sacrificed their lives fighting against their oppressors. Their networks undermined the Nazis through intelligence, sabotage and guerilla tactics, and eventually grew into a huge clandestine force ready to help liberate their own country. But who were these activists? How much damage did they inflict on the occupiers? And what happened to those who fought – and those who collaborated – when the war was finally over? This is a Short History of the French Resistance. Written by Kate Harrison. With thanks to Hanna Diamond, Professor of French History at Cardiff University. For ad-free listening, exclusive content and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Now available for Apple and Android users. Click the Noiser+ banner on Apple or go to noiser.com/subscriptions to get started with a 7-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Are the first steps the most beautiful they'll ever take?

0:04.0

Life is blessed with a hundred once-in-a-lifetime moments

0:08.0

from their first holiday to their first birthday.

0:11.0

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0:14.0

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0:18.0

makes once-in-a-lifetime last a lifetime.

0:22.0

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0:26.0

Such Canon EOS R100 for life's most precious memories.

0:32.0

It's 2pm on the 11th of November 1940, a chilly day in the centre of Paris.

0:37.0

Workers are heading back to the offices and factories after lunch.

0:42.0

Today is 22 years since a ceasefire marked the end of the First World War.

0:48.0

Every year since that victory, French families have gathered to mourn the soldiers

0:52.0

who lost their lives in the war against Germany.

0:56.0

But today, that's impossible, because now Paris is under Nazi occupation.

1:03.0

As he stares out of his classroom window,

1:05.0

15-year-old schoolboy Eve still can't believe how much his city has changed

1:09.0

since the Germans marched in six months ago.

1:13.0

Swastikers hang from the Ornette buildings, armed Nazi soldiers patrol the boulevards

1:18.0

while notices in German and French order Parisians not to break countless new laws.

1:25.0

Chief among them is a ban on demonstrations.

1:29.0

But though Eve's parents and teachers have accepted the regime,

1:32.0

he and his classmates have not.

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