Established and convened for the first time on, under the chairmanship of Jean Moulin, General de Gaulle’s representative, the CNR marked a crucial stage in the unification of the Resistance. The key legislation instituting the Chantiers de Jeunesse were the laws of 30 July 1940 and 18 January 1941.ĬNR Conseil National de la Résistance (National Council of the Resistance). Compulsory civilian service introduced by the French State for young people living in the Free Zone who, in view of events, were discharged from their military obligations. Central command of the German police forces in France.īND Foreign intelligence service of the Federal Republic of Germany.ĬHANTIERS DE JEUNESSE Youth Works. National commander of the security police and security services. Successors to the Bureaux de Sécurité Militaire (Military Security Bureaux – BSMs), the BDOCs were set up in 1944, in each military region, to investigate individuals guilty or suspected of having collaborated to some degree with the occupier.īdS Befehlshaber der Sipo und des SD (see below). Active from summer 1941 to March 1942, they were the armed wing of the underground Jeunesses Communistes (Communist Youth) movement.īCRA Bureau Central de Renseignements et d’Action (Central Bureau of Intelligence and Action), from June 1942.īCRAA Bureau Central de Renseignements et d’Action d’Alger (Algiers Central Bureau of Intelligence and Action), from late 1943.īCRAL Bureau Central de Renseignements et d’Action de Londres (London Central Bureau of Intelligence and Action), from late 1943.īDOC Bureaux de Documentation (Documentation Bureaux). Favoured by Jean Moulin, it was approved in London in October 1942, entrusted by General de Gaulle to General Delestraint in November, and extended to the northern zone the following spring.ĪST Abwehrstelle. Local branch of the Abwehr installed in a regional capital, under the authority of the central services in Paris and Saint-Germain-en-Laye.ĪUSWEIS Authorisation, pass or travel permit issued by the German authorities.īATAILLONS DE LA JEUNESSE Youth Battalions. The Armée Secrète resulted from the merging of the paramilitary branches of the three main movements in the southern zone: Combat, Libération-Sud and Franc-Tireur. 2nd, 3rd, 5th BUREAU Within the French military command structure, the 2nd Bureau is traditionally responsible for intelligence, the 3rd for action planning and the 5th for counter-espionage.ĪBWEHR Intelligence, action and counter-espionage service of the German army, from 1925 to 1944.ĪGENT O, AGENT P1, AGENT P2 Occasional (O), regular but not underground (P1) and underground (P2) agents, as defined by Decree No 366 of 25 July 1942.ĪRMÉE SECRÈTE Secret Army.
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