Milices Patriotiques
Patriotic Militia Milices Patriotiques (MP-PM) | |
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Ideology | Communist |
Size | 22,006 members (total) |
Part of | Belgian Communist Party |
Allies | Partisans Armés (PA) |
Opponents | German Occupying Forces |
The Patriotic Militia (French: Milices patriotiques, Dutch: Patriotische Militie) was a communist group in the Belgian resistance during the Second World War, affiliated to the Communist Party of Belgium.[1] The Milices were intended to be a mass movement, working alongside the much smaller Partisans Armés (PA) group.[2]
History
22,006 people are recognized to have been part of the Milices during the war.[3]
References
- ^ Vaute, Paul (1 September 2004). "L'euphorie avant l'épreuve". La Libre Belgique. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
- ^ Conway, Martin (12 January 2012). The sorrows of Belgium : liberation and political reconstruction, 1944-1947. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 21. ISBN 978-0199694341.
- ^ "Souvenir et Memoire" (PDF). www.bel-memorial.org. p. 2. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
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Belgian resistance groups in World War II
- Secret Army1
- Independence Front
- Patriotic Militia
- Armed Partisans
- Belgian National Movement
- Groupe G
- National Royalist Movement
- Army of Liberation
- OMBR
- White Brigade
- Committee for the Defense of Jews
- Austrian Freedom Front
- Service D
- The Unchained
- Disobedience
- Legion of Campine
- La Libre Belgique
- Faux Soir
- De Vrijschutter
- La Voix des Belges
- Het Vrije Woord
- "Luc" (later "Marc")
- "Zéro"
1 Formerly: the Belgian Legion, Reconstructed Belgian Army, and Army of Belgium