Milices Patriotiques

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Patriotic Militia
Milices Patriotiques (MP-PM)
Ideology Communist
Part of Red flag.svg Belgian Communist Party
Allies Partisans Armés (PA)
Opponents Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg 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]

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References

  1. Vaute, Paul (1 September 2004). "L'euphorie avant l'épreuve". La Libre Belgique. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
  2. Conway, Martin. The sorrows of Belgium : liberation and political reconstruction, 1944-1947. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 21. ISBN   0199694346.
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