2nd World War - Mimeographed BOOK, self-published 1990 - 30 - Lot 583

2nd World War - Mimeographed BOOK, self-published 1990 - 30 x 21 cm - 110 sheets. By Mr Gaston LANGLOIS - a book of history and testimony, the author participated! INDRE EST SECTOR - RESISTANCE 1940 - 1944 / LA CHATRE (Indre), LIBERATION" movement, then "M.U.R." - S.O.E (Spéciale Opération Exécutive). letter from Mr. Paul MIRGUET, alias Colonel "Surcouf", F.F.I. departmental leader. de l'Indre. - June 5 to 6, 1944, Radio Londres broadcasts at 9:15 p.m. : "Mon père gardez vous à droite, dans ma Forêt Normande est un grand livre, Do you know the rosière de Nancy?" these 3 lines are the signal to activate all the equipment needed to support the "landing" operations. "D-DAY". From that minute on, it all began: 600 explosions along the roads and railroads, traffic jams, and the next day 10,000 armed and trained men to fight against the occupying forces and succeed in liberating the département without the intervention of a so-called regular army. This book recounts the glory, the pain, the clandestinity, the history during, the history after, the battles and the memories of comrades who did not experience the joys of the Liberation. - Illustrated with numerous period documents. note: M.U.R, "Mouvements Unis de Résistance" (United Resistance Movements) created on January 26, 1943 by the merger of the 3 major non-communist movements in the southern zone, "Combat", "Franc Tireur" and "Libération sud". In December 1944, the Northern Zone movements "Défense de la France", "Résistance" and "Lorraine" were integrated to become the "Mouvement de Libération Nationale" (M.L.N).