Pierre Fourcaud (27 March 1898 in St Petersburg – 2 May 1998 in Paris), was one of the first Frenchmen to help General Charles de Gaulle in July 1940...
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Resistance movement during World War II. It was founded in 1941 by Pierre Fourcaud, parachuted in France with instructions from Charles de Gaulle to set...
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joined the Free French Air Forces, which was entrusted to Commandant Pierre Fourcaud. At the time the battalion had 398 men, in four combat companies. These...
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Peter J. Ortiz (redirect from Colonel Pierre (Peter) Julien Ortiz OBE)
German-occupied France as part of the three-man "Union" mission, with Colonel Pierre Fourcaud of the French secret service and Captain Thackwaite from the British...
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Ortiz from the American Office of Strategic Services (OSS), Colonel Pierre Fourcaud, of the French secret service and Harry Thackthwaite of SOE, to evaluate...
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eventually went on to be part of the National Council of the Resistance. Pierre Fourcaud created with Félix Gouin the Brutus Network in which Gaston Defferre...
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Philippe Thyraud de Vosjoli Colonel René Bertrand, alias Beaumont Colonel Pierre Fourcaud Colonel Marcel Leroy, alias Leroy-Finville Colonel Paul Ferrer, alias...
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co-operated with the SOE. Some of Dewavrin's closest colleagues (Captain Fourcaud and Lieutenant Duclos) were Cagoulards (a right-wing group), but Dewavrin...
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himself, Dewavrin became colonel Passy, Gilbert Renault became Rémy, Pierre Fourcaud (Dewavrin's other deputy) became Barbès and Duclos' friend Alexandre...
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village of Eymeux, 10 km to the north-east of Romans-sur-Isère. Colonel Pierre Fourcaud [alias Sphère] had been scheduled to accompany the team but had broken...
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