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    Henri Rol-Tanguy (12 June 1908 – 8 September 2002) was a French communist and a leader in the Resistance during World War II. At his death The New York...
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  • Rol may refer to: Henri Rol-Tanguy, French resistant, "Rol" used to be his nickname during WW2 Rol, village in Jayal tehsil, Nagaur district, in Rajasthan...
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    Cécile Rol-Tanguy (10 April 1919 – 8 May 2020) was a French communist who was a Resistance fighter during World War II. She participated in the liberation...
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  • of two identical buildings on either side of the Avenue du Colonel-Henri-Rol-Tanguy, which is itself located along the axis of the Avenue Denfert-Rochereau...
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    of the Interior (the armed force of the French Resistance), led by Henri Rol-Tanguy, staged an uprising in Paris. The Battle of the Falaise Pocket (12–21...
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    through the centre of the square is named for French Resistance leader Henri Rol-Tanguy. It is just one block in length, and connects the Avenue Denfert-Rochereau...
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    any surviving remains. The station is sub-titled Colonel Rol-Tanguy, after Henri Rol-Tanguy, a leader in the French Resistance during World War II. The...
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  • World War, and a French politician. Along with Général Leclerc and Henri Rol-Tanguy, he accepted the surrender of Dietrich von Choltitz at the Liberation...
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    station on line 12 of the Paris Métro. The station is located at Place Henri-Rol-Tanguy in Aubervilliers. It is named in honour of the French Martinican poet...
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    commanded by the regional leader of the Communist-led FFI, Colonel Henri Rol-Tanguy. Chaban-Delmas reluctantly agreed to participate. Liberation Committees...
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  • (of the OSS); French interviewees included Jacques Chaban-Delmas and Henri Rol-Tanguy (of the French Resistance), Mme Leclerc (widow of Jacques Leclerc)...
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    International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War (notably, "Colonel" Henri Rol-Tanguy). A number of smaller resistance groups united in the Francs-Tireurs...
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    Paris would risk destroying it, but when the French Resistance under Henri Rol-Tanguy staged an uprising in the city from 19 August, Charles de Gaulle threatened...
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    unsurvivable without the support of their companion at their side: Cécile and Henri Rol-Tanguy, Raymond and Lucie Aubrac, Paulette and Maurice Kriegel-Valrimont,...
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    the FTP's military action in the Paris region. Ouzoulias and Colonel Henri Rol-Tanguy, who led the Île-de-France Resistance movement, planned a major rising...
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  • Jacques Chaban-Delmas, Gaullist general of brigade Bruno Cremer as Col. Henri Rol-Tanguy, commander of Francs-Tireurs et Partisans Charles Boyer as Dr. Robert...
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    von Choltitz, was inclined to surrender, and did so to Leclerc and Henri Rol-Tanguy of the French Forces of the Interior at the Gare Montparnasse on 25...
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  • Ranjan Sengupta Heinrich Rau Gustav Regler Ludwig Renn Edwin Rolfe Henri Rol-Tanguy Valter Roman Esmond Romilly Franc Rozman Frank Ryan - County Limerick...
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    born in Morlaix, Catholic priest and missionary in the Soviet Union. Henri Rol-Tanguy (1908–2002), communist resistant, colonel commanding the FFI during...
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    Alexandre Parodi and Jacques Chaban-Delmas urged patience while Henri Tanguy (codename Colonel Rol), the FTP chief in Paris wanted to start a revolt, being deterred...
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    attacks. Holban's version of events was disputed by his superior, Henri Rol-Tanguy. Rol-Tanguy later stated: "il n’a jamais exigé quoi que ce soit des FTP-MOI...
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    who was responsible for the complete renovation of Ivry town centre. Henri Rol-Tanguy, member of the French Resistance, died in Ivry-sur-Seine on September...
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  • Marcel Langiller, international soccer player (died 1980 12 June – Henri Rol-Tanguy, communist and leader in the French Resistance (died 2002) 2 July –...
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    Louis Rivié Paul Rivière Jacques Robert Maurice Rolland Henri Rol-Tanguy Henri Romanetti Henri Romans-Petit André Rondenay Paul-Jean Roquère Philippe Roques...
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    Koenig. He placed the Parisian resistance under the control of Colonel Henri Rol-Tanguy. With two assistants, engineers Roland Pré and Émile Laffon, he was...
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  • leader. Lucas Moreira Neves, 76, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate. Henri Rol-Tanguy, 94, French communist and a leader in the Resistance during World War...
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    Aragon, Le Témoin des Martyrs (1942) Lettres de fusillés 1941-1944 Henri Rol-Tanguy Le Procès de Riom: Eloge de Jean-Pierre Timbaud et des combattants...
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    occupation zone. At the request of General Billotte to COMAC, Colonel Henri Rol-Tanguy, commander of the divisional infantry, was subsequently made assistant...
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    the Paris region as their political leader. His superiors will be Henri Rol-Tanguy (Yves) and Robert Ballanger (Lapierre). Numerous actions are then launched...
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  • Sauvagnargues, politician and Minister (born 1915). 8 September – Henri Rol-Tanguy, communist and leader in the French Resistance (born 1908). 12 October...
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