Partisans Armés

The Armed Partisans (French: Partisans armés, or PA) was a faction of the resistance in German-occupied Belgium in World War II. The group was affiliated to the Belgian Communist Party. In 1941, many of its members left to join the Front de l'Independance while the rest of the group was undermined in 1943 when almost all the leadership of the group and the Communist Party were arrested by German forces.[1] It was renamed the Belgian Army of Partisans' (Armée belge des partisans) after the Liberation of Belgium in September 1944.

13,246 people are recognized as having been members of the PA at some point during the war.[2] The group suffered heavy casualties and 1,200 were killed and a further 3,000 were arrested and sent to prison camps.[3]

Notable members

References
  1. Conway, Martin. The sorrows of Belgium : liberation and political reconstruction, 1944-1947. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 21. ISBN 9780199694341.
  2. "Souvenir et Mémoire" (PDF). www.bel-memorial.org. p. 2. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  3. Bailly, Michel. "20,000 Résistants Belges Tués". Le Soir. Retrieved 15 February 2013.

Further reading
  • Gotovitch, José (1992). Du rouge au tricolore : les communistes belges de 1939 à 1944, un aspect de l'histoire de la Résistance en Belgique. Brussels: Editions Labor. ISBN 9782804006426.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.