Patriotic Militia Milices Patriotiques (MP-PM) | |
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Ideology | Communist |
Size | 22,006 members (total) |
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Allies | Partisans Armés (PA) |
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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]
22,006 people are recognized to have been part of the Milices during the war. [3]