The Resistance Medal (French: Médaille de la Résistance) was a decoration bestowed by the French Committee of National Liberation, based in the United... 12 KB (1,069 words) - 08:50, 9 February 2024 |
This is a list of some of the modern orders, decorations and medals of France. Some, like the Legion of Honour, are awarded to both the armed forces and... 31 KB (211 words) - 17:15, 31 January 2024 |
Josephine Baker (category Recipients of the Resistance Medal) in France. Baker aided the French Resistance during World War II. After the war, she was awarded the Resistance Medal by the French Committee of National... 122 KB (11,441 words) - 12:38, 23 April 2024 |
Nancy Wake (category Recipients of the Resistance Medal) after the war, Wake was awarded the George Medal, the United States Medal of Freedom, the Médaille de la Résistance, and thrice, the Croix de Guerre. She worked... 48 KB (5,253 words) - 05:57, 20 April 2024 |
Rose Valland (category Recipients of the Resistance Medal) 1898 – 18 September 1980) was a French art curator, member of the French Resistance, captain in the French military, and one of the most decorated women in... 23 KB (2,630 words) - 00:57, 23 April 2024 |
The French Resistance (French: La Résistance) was a collection of groups that fought the Nazi occupation of France and the collaborationist Vichy régime... 239 KB (33,000 words) - 10:24, 7 April 2024 |
Samuel Beckett (category Recipients of the Resistance Medal) English. During the Second World War, Beckett was a member of the French Resistance group Gloria SMH (Réseau Gloria) and was awarded the Croix de Guerre in... 92 KB (9,618 words) - 21:29, 22 April 2024 |
François Mitterrand (category Recipients of the Resistance Medal) award, but never received the medal because he went into hiding before the ceremony took place). Socialist Resistance leader Jean Pierre-Bloch says that... 154 KB (16,524 words) - 19:41, 12 April 2024 |
Léon Gautier (soldier) (category Recipients of the Resistance Medal) Guerre 1939–1945 (with 2 citations), the Resistance Medal, the Volunteer Combatant's Cross, and the Commemorative medal for voluntary service in Free France... 9 KB (774 words) - 15:25, 8 August 2023 |
Louis, Prince Napoléon (category Recipients of the Resistance Medal) Fresnes. Following his release, he joined the French Resistance group Organisation de Résistance dans l'Armee under the name "Louis Monnier". Another... 9 KB (792 words) - 09:55, 29 November 2023 |
Marina Vega (category Recipients of the Resistance Medal) Madrid. Decorated by the European Parliament for defending freedom. Medal of Resistance (France) "Testimony of Marina Vega de la Iglesia, interview with... 6 KB (706 words) - 14:48, 4 March 2024 |
The National Council of the Resistance (French: Conseil National de la Résistance; CNR; also, National Resistance Council) directed and coordinated the... 8 KB (769 words) - 11:07, 25 March 2024 |
The Verzetskruis 1940–1945 (English: Cross of Resistance 1940–1945) is a decoration for valour in the Netherlands. Instituted on May 3, 1946, it was awarded... 4 KB (433 words) - 05:25, 17 April 2024 |
Pierre Boulle (category Recipients of the Resistance Medal) served as a secret agent under the name Peter John Rule and helped the resistance movement in China, Burma, and French Indochina. In 1943, he was captured... 17 KB (2,144 words) - 23:09, 9 April 2024 |
Jeannie Rousseau (category Recipients of the Resistance Medal) Honour in 1955, supplemented by the grand officer medal in 2009. Rousseau also received the Resistance Medal and the Croix de guerre. Rousseau died on 23 August... 13 KB (1,345 words) - 18:57, 27 November 2023 |
Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (section Medal) Croix de Guerre was designed by the sculptor Paul-Albert Bartholomé. The medal is 37 millimetres (1.5 in) in size and is in the shape of a Maltese cross... 8 KB (683 words) - 15:18, 22 February 2024 |
Violette Szabo (category Recipients of the Resistance Medal) and the abandonment of the intended landing ground on 5/6 June by the Resistance reception committee because of German patrols, Szabo and three colleagues... 46 KB (6,209 words) - 21:56, 22 April 2024 |
Henri Navarre (category Recipients of the Resistance Medal) 1942 for his anti-German activities, he went underground, joining the Resistance as head of the ORA. He commanded an armored regiment of the 1st Army in... 9 KB (1,092 words) - 20:52, 10 April 2024 |
The Escapees' Medal (French: Médaille des Évadés) is a military award bestowed by the government of France to individuals who were prisoners of war and... 8 KB (941 words) - 00:04, 12 February 2024 |
Émile Borel (category Recipients of the Resistance Medal) théorie des probabilités aux Jeux de Hasard. Borel was awarded the Resistance Medal in 1950. On a few points about the theory of functions (PhD thesis... 13 KB (1,208 words) - 19:54, 30 December 2023 |
Monique de Bissy (category Recipients of the Resistance Medal) number of medals: Belgium: "Médaille de la Résistance" (Resistance Medal) and "Médaille commémorative de la guerre 1940-1945" (Commemorative Medal of World... 5 KB (470 words) - 02:28, 4 March 2023 |
Marie-Louise Dissard (category Recipients of the Resistance Medal) 1881 – July 1957) (code named "Françoise"), was a member of the French Resistance during the German occupation of France in World War II. She initially... 11 KB (1,279 words) - 17:54, 1 July 2023 |
Madeleine Damerment (category Recipients of the Resistance Medal) Axis powers, especially Nazi Germany. SOE agents allied themselves with resistance groups and supplied them with weapons and equipment parachuted in from... 26 KB (3,084 words) - 09:12, 29 February 2024 |
The Resistance Memorial Cross or Resistance Commemorative Cross (Dutch: Verzetsherdenkingskruis) is a medal awarded in the Netherlands to members of the... 6 KB (645 words) - 12:48, 2 October 2023 |