Milices Patriotiques
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]
| Patriotic Militia Milices Patriotiques (MP-PM) | |
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| Participant in the Belgian Resistance (World War II) | |
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| Ideology | Communist |
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| Allies | Partisans Armés (PA) |
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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. The sorrows of Belgium : liberation and political reconstruction, 1944-1947. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 21. ISBN 0199694346.
- "Souvenir et Memoire" (PDF). www.bel-memorial.org. p. 2. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
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1 Formerly: the Belgian Legion, Reconstructed Belgian Army, and Army of Belgium | ||
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