Prof. Greg Jackson
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first heard Feb 2026
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He's transferred to Paris and from there sent to Germany for further interrogation.
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but the resistance leader never makes it.
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Succumbing to the effects of Klaus's brutality that left him unrecognizable, Jean dies in transit on July 8th, 1943, destined to, in the decades following, be immortally remembered among France's greatest heroes in the Pantheon.
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Just before Jean was arrested, on June 3, 1943, a French provisional government organized.
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It's called the Comité Français de Libération Nationale, the French Committee of National Liberation.
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The committee will fight for French liberty from a colonial capital, establishing itself in Algiers, French Algeria.
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The provisional government is also recognized by the Allies and under the leadership of Charles de Gaulle and Henri Giraud.
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Henry is more likable.
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FDR would certainly prefer to work with him.
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But Charles is the one that our late Resistance Heroes National Council recognizes as the leader of France.
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And with that recognition coming from the inner workings of occupied France and serving as the closest thing to a democratically recognized leader, what choice do the Allies have?
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In the months to come, Henri Giraud is fully sidelined.
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By the end of 1943, Charles is the undisputed leader of the Free France Provisional Government.
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And with French and colonial troops in North Africa ready to cross the Mediterranean and the swelling ranks of the resistance ready to coordinate from within, well, aux hommes citoyens is far more than a patriotic lyric.
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The French will do their part and coordinate with the Allies in preparation for Operation Overlord.
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And that brings us full circle, because the Allies are actually working directly with the French Resistance.
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British and American operatives from the two nations' brand new espionage organizations, the United Kingdom's Special Operations Executive and the United States Office of Strategic Services, created in 1940 and 1942 respectively,
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are parachuting into France, bringing arms, radios, and other needed supplies to the Maquis to help them harass the Germans from behind the lines, weakening the occupation and preparing the fallen Republic to rise anew and fight the moment that the Allies take those daring and deadly first steps on Normandy's beaches.
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Roughly one-third of OSS agents are women.
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And one in particular will go to extreme lengths in service to her country.
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