Secondary sources
- "The Myths of the Wehrmacht" describes how prejudiced the German army was, and that there wasn’t as many German forces as you think, and that the French had plenty of artillery but hardly used it.
- This is an encyclopedia entry about Charles de Gaulle. It goes over his life, breifly covering his role in the war. It has quotes from him.
- This is a video about Charles de Gaulle. It was actually one segment in a larger video of major leaders in WWII. It was about his role in the war and his leadership after.
- This talked about how they did what they did and women in the resistance. It also talked about the resistance was mainly about espionage, sabotage, guerilla warfare, and propaganda.
- Wikipedia had a lot of information but not that much about the French resistance.
- This is a long site about French Resistance covering several different people and their roles, and more! It has pictures, and quotations, and links throughout. It said how Charles De Gaulle and the French resistance fought against the Nazis.
- This argues that if not for the French Resistance the Allies would not have won world war 2. It talks about the different things they did, and the different groups within the Resistance.
- This article ("How Much Can a Victor Force the Vanquished to Pay? France Under the Nazi Boot") talks about France’s war debt due to the Germans using their resources. The Nazis took much of France’s food, wood, coal, oil, and other materials. They made France pay for the German army in France, and even started using Frenchman as laborers. The Germans took so much that had they taken any more, France would have been unable to function and collapse.
- This article contained descriptions of how the French Resistance started and what the French Resistance did. It mentions the charter promising better conditions after the war. This was helpful.
- This is a documentary called "Surviving D-Day" on Discovery Education which is all about D-Day, the British invasion of France. It talks about all the planning and spying they did, with help from the Resistance. It talked about leading the Germans off the trail, and how the Germans prepared for it. Also the tech that had been developed and the hazards and everything else to do with that first assault, and more besides! It was very in-depth, going gradually to the situation getting off the boats, to moving up the unprotected beach, to climbing the dunes on the other side. There are 15 video segments within. Lots of information!
- This is an article from a “History Today” issue about how the French Resistance started and grew. I found 6 headings and a whole bunch of pictures. It was very informative about what was going on in France, not just the resistance, but also the Vichy government.
- This was about how important the French resistance was to France and the allied forces.
- Here is a good site about how the Gestapo functioned! "The Triumph of Hitler: The Gestapo is Born" talks about its leaders (2 leaders at separate times), Göring and Himmler. It talked about its operation, how it used fear and informants to keep order, and interrogation methods.
- This discussed variables in the creation of resistance, the growth of the resistance, the range of the resistance activity, and the significance of the resistance. It is "The Resistance in France" from History Today. It was kind of helpful.
- This is a timeline of the war including events in France. It has a copy of de Gaulle’s speech and talks about Grenoble’s role in the war. It was a good ‘big picture’ site. http://www.ordredelaliberation.fr/us_doc/1_1_1_1.html
- "How Resistant?" talks about the resistance ‘realistically’, talking about all the Hollywood myths of derailing trains and how it was very different. It was nice to get a different perspective, but I don’t think it was just Hollywood saying that. Some of my primary documents say that they did derail trains, and that there were a number of different organizations that together made the French Resistance. Maybe they were small, but altogether they were more powerful. This guy talks as if the Resistance hardly had any effect at all and was inconsequential.