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  • Maquis des Glières
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  • The Maquis des Glières was a Free French Resistance group, which fought against the 1940-1944 German occupation of France in World War II. The name is also given to the military conflict that opposed Resistance fighters to German, Vichy and Milice forces.
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Strength
  • circa 450 maquisards
  • over 1,400 Vichy policemen, 700 Milice Franc-Gardes, 3,000 German soldiers
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Date
  • --01-31
Commander
  • Tom Morel
  • Georges Lelong
  • Jacques de Bernonville
  • Jean de Vaugelas
  • Karl Pflaum
  • Maurice Anjot
Caption
  • Monument commemorating the Maquis des Glières
Casualties
  • 21
  • 140
Result
  • German and Vichy victory, but propaganda boost for the French Resistance
combatant
  • French Resistance
  • Milice
  • Vichy police
Place
  • Plateau des Glières, Massif des Bornes, Haute-Savoie, France
Conflict
  • Battle of Glières
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  • The Maquis des Glières was a Free French Resistance group, which fought against the 1940-1944 German occupation of France in World War II. The name is also given to the military conflict that opposed Resistance fighters to German, Vichy and Milice forces.
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