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The Cruel Victory: The French Resistance, D-Day and the Battle for the Vercors 1944
The Cruel Victory: The French Resistance, D-Day and the Battle for the Vercors 1944
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The Cruel Victory: The French Resistance, D-Day and the Battle for the Vercors 1944

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Commanded the Maquis on the Vercors.

HUMBERT, Jacques

Retired General who walked to the Vercors to join the battle on 21 July 1944.

JACQUIER, Paulette (MARIE-JEANNE and LA FRETTE)

Leader of Maquis group in the Chambarand forest.

JOUNEAU, Georges (GEORGES)

Garage owner and head of the Motor Transport Depot on the Vercors.

KALCK,* (#ulink_a050de05-551e-5aee-8165-28e58d9f3fb4) Louis (ANDRÉ and JOB-JOB)

Commander of Compagnie André defending the eastern passes.

KNAB, Werner

Commander German Sipo/SD Lyon area.

KOENIG, Marie Joseph Pierre François (known as Pierre)

Appointed by de Gaulle as CO of FFI.

LASSALLE, Pierre (BENJAMIN and BOLIVIEN)

Descour’s radio operator at La Matrassière and La Britière.

LE RAY, Alain (BASTIDE and ROUVIER)

Vercors military commander until January 1944 and then FFI commander of Isère Department.

LONGE, Desmond (RÉFRACTION)

Leader of Eucalyptus Mission.

MARTIN, Léon Dr

One of the founders of Grenoble resistance in the Café de la Rotonde.

MAYAUD, Charlotte (CHARLOTTE)

Early Vercors Resistant and organizer in Villard de Lans. Also a courier and liaison agent.

MOCKLER-FERRYMAN, Eric

Director for SOE operations in western Europe.

MONTEFUSCO, Mario (TITIN and ARGENTIN)

Radio operator at La Britière.

MOULIN, Jean (REX, MAX and RÉGIS)

De Gaulle’s representative in southern France and the architect of the unified southern Resistance.

MYERS, Chester L.

Hoppers’ second-in-command on the Justine Mission.

NIEHOFF, Heinrich

German military commander southern France.

ORTIZ, Peter Julien (CHAMBELLAN and JEAN-PIERRE)

US Marine parachuted in with the Union Mission and subsequently the head of Union II.

PECQUET, André Édouard (BAVAROIS and PARAY)

Eucalyptus Mission radio operator.

PFLAUM, Karl Ludwig

Commander 157th Reserve Division.

PINHAS, France

Nurse at the second Battle of Saint-Nizier.

PRÉVOST, Jean (GODERVILLE)

Writer and friend of Dalloz. Commander of Compagnie Goderville in the north of the Vercors.

PROVENCE, Mireille

Milice spy.

PUPIN, Aimé (MATHIEU)

Early Vercors Resistance leader.

RAYNAUD, Pierre (ALAIN)

An agent of Cammaerts and commander of a Drôme Maquis unit.

REY, Fabien (MARSEILLE and BLAIREAU)

Expert in and author of Maquisard guide to the the flora and fauna of the Vercors.

REY, Sylviane

Nurse and friend of Francis Cammaerts.

RITTER, Stefan

Commander No. 8 Company Reserve Gebirgsjäger Battalion II/98.

ROMANS-PETIT, Henri (ROMANS)

Resistance leader in the Jura.

ROUDET, Marcel (RAOUL)

Corrupt Lyon policeman who led his own ‘Raoul Maquis’.

SALLIER, Ferdinand (CHRISTOPHE)

Maquis leader in the west of the Vercors.

SAMUEL, Dr Eugène (JACQUES and RAVALEC)

Early founder of the Resistance movement in Villard-de-Lans.

SCHÄFER, Friedrich

Commander Kampfgruppe Schäfer.

SCHWEHR, Franz

Commander Kampfgruppe Schwehr.

SEEGER, Alfred

Commander Kampfgruppe Seeger.

SOUSTELLE, Jacques

Confidant of de Gaulle and head of the French Directorate for Intelligence and Special Forces.

STÜLPNAGEL, Carl-Heinrich

German military commander for all France.

TANANT, Pierre (LAROCHE)

Huet’s Chief of Staff.

THACKTHWAITE, Henry (PROCUREUR)

British member of the Union Mission.

TOURNISSA, Jean (PAQUEBOT)

Landing-ground expert sent in to build an airstrip at Vassieux.

ULLMAN, Henri (PHILIPPE)

Commander of Compagnie Philippe.

ULLMANN, Dr Marcel

Doctor in Saint-Martin and Grotte de la Luire.

VILLEMAREST, Pierre FAILLANT de (FRANTZ)

Maquis intelligence expert and later commander of the Groupe Vallier.

VINCENT, Gaston (AZUR and PIERRE)

OSS agent in Saint-Agnan.

VINCENT-BEAUME, André (Capt. VINCENT and SAMBO)

Head of Huet’s 2nd Bureau (intelligence).

WINTER, Anne

Nurse at the Grotte de la Luire.

ZABEL

Commander Kampfgruppe Zabel.

ZELLER, Henri (FAISCEAU and JOSEPH)

Chief of Resistance in south-east France.

* (#ulink_e7cc62ff-0488-5d93-8835-e2dc1b60f4b2) Aliases in brackets.

* (#ulink_544bdedc-1f73-5ff2-9e03-49046be09849) There are several versions of this name, including Calke and Calk. I have used the one given in the journal of the 11th Cuirassiers and Robert Bennes’ memoirs.

LIST OF MAPS (#ud9d702c4-3750-5a70-a8a7-fe04ad7a0ee6)

Map 1: The Vercors (#ulink_c11f69fc-773b-5f1e-bd18-b74eb69b4dd6)

Map 2: Occupied Territories 1942 (#ulink_8c4d8511-9467-5ed1-bfc5-eccecb0b7fe8)