de la Chapelle, Fernand Bonnier 131, 132
Debré, Michel 207, 211
Denise, Madame 172–73
Denmark 19
Détachement Spécial, le 139
Dolfus, Patrick 165
Dramez, Marthe 103, 143, 145, 151, 165, 166
Dreyfus affair 6
du Gage, Roulleaux 149–50
Duclos, Maurice 222
Dunkirk 24
Ehrart, Margit 11, 19, 20, 29, 30, 38, 56–58, 103, 143, 144, 166, 201–2, 225
Eichmann, Adolf 118
Eisenhower, Dwight D. 124, 125–26, 129, 131
Elisalt, Jean 157
England xii, 9, 10, 13, 17, 30, 40–42, 64, 66, 87, 140, 206, 213, 219
Escartin, Jean Xavier 95, 147–48, 150–52, 167
Etchepare, Henri 157
Evian 145, 210
Fatigue, Justin 66
FFI (Forces françaises de l’intérieur) 197–99, 224, 198, 199
First World War 17, 39, 53–54, 56, 62–65, 94, 115, 222
Flandé, Emile 157
Flandé, Marie 155–56
Flandé, Monsieur 99–101, 156
Flanders 7, 24
Fontainebleau 41
Foucarde, Marie Madeleine 211, 222, 225
Fournière, Martial de la 168, 185–96
France xiii, xiv, xiv, 2, 5, 8, 9, 13–20, 23–25, 28, 31, 32, 35, 41, 45–47, 53, 54, 56, 59, 63, 66–68, 72, 80, 82–84, 87, 89, 90, 92–97, 101, 102, 106, 109, 110, 112, 118–24, 130, 133, 134, 137–39, 141, 144, 148, 149, 153, 154, 162, 165, 167, 168, 175, 182, 187, 192, 198, 199, 203–6, 209, 210, 212–14, 217–19, 221, 225; Free Zone 12, 42, 72, 82–84, 91, 93, 103, 106, 112, 119, 121, 133, 210, 223; liberation 63, 167, 213; Occupied Zone 42, 82, 84, 87
France, La 46, 48–51, 54, 67, 74–75, 87, 209, 222
Franco, General xiv, 137, 223
Free France 132
Free French xv, 122, 124, 129, 136, 138–40, 198–99, 217, 222, 224; La France Libre 222
Fresnes 151, 186, 188–91
Fresson, Jacqueline 73, 109
Frollé, Guy de 149–50
Gandy, Alain xiv, 31, 94, 131, 148, 152, 157, 183, 212
General, the 193–96
Geneva 6, 145, 210; Lake 143–445
Germany 2, 5, 10, 15, 19, 20, 40, 41, 56, 65, 121, 123, 133, 136, 144, 152, 165, 168, 185, 186, 190, 222
Gestapo 3, 67, 68, 83, 121, 123, 134, 147, 149–50, 167, 168, 180, 181, 186, 190, 218, 222, 224
Giraud, General 86, 124, 126, 127, 129–32, 222
Goering, Hermann 65
Gosselin 149
Granville, Christine 219
Griotteray, Alain xi, xii, xv, 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 10–13, 16, 18–20, 24, 29, 30, 32, 39, 41, 45, 46–49, 53, 54–59, 63, 66, 68, 69, 71–74, 78, 79, 81–87, 91, 93, 94, 96, 97, 99, 103, 110, 112–14, 133–34, 136–42, 144, 147, 149, 153–57, 160–69, 178, 182, 183, 186, 189, 193, 194, 196, 197, 201, 205–7, 209, 210–13, 217–19, 222, 224
Griotteray, Claude 8, 30, 32, 36, 39, 45, 46, 63, 109, 112, 114, 115, 142, 164, 186, 207, 210
Griotteray, Edmond 5–7, 9–10, 12, 29, 31, 32, 37, 39–40, 47, 56, 57, 62, 63, 64, 70, 71, 89–90, 112–17, 160, 164, 192, 203, 204
Griotteray, Yvette 8, 24, 30, 32, 36, 39, 40, 41, 45, 46, 63, 109, 112, 113, 114, 142, 164, 186, 200, 207
Griotteray, Yvonne xii, xvi, 7–10, 29–30, 32, 35, 37–39, 45, 46, 56, 57, 61–63, 68, 70, 71, 76, 80, 89, 98, 99, 105, 108, 109, 110, 112–18, 135, 136, 142, 144, 151, 154, 159, 160, 164, 186, 188, 192, 196, 204, 206, 207
Guidicelli, Toussaint 86
Harland, Reggie 10
Hastings, Max 32, 213–15
Hendaye 157
Hesse, André 18, 24
Hitler, Adolf xiv, 16, 20, 30, 32, 36, 40, 45, 126, 139, 167, 198, 214
Holland 35
Hyde, Henry 153
ID cards 14, 23, 26, 33, 43, 48, 71–74, 76, 77, 81, 82, 88, 90, 95, 110–11, 113, 117, 118, 133, 141, 147, 148, 150, 157, 167, 174, 185
Italy 32, 144
Itxassou 148
Jacquet, Marc 86
Jade Amicol 165
Japan 123
Jeanson, Henri 47–48
Joel, Rodolphe 168
Joly, Madame 19, 41
Jousse, Colonel 125
Juin, General 126
Jura 95
Kermoal, Yves de xv, 48, 53, 85, 93, 138, 139, 154, 212, 213
Kervella, Monsieur 17, 23, 35, 41
Knight, Ridgway 123
Koenig, General 200
Kommandantur see Paris
Labbé, Madame xiv, 93–94, 99, 100–2, 155–57, 166, 174, 179, 205, 210
Labbé, Paul 93–94, 96, 97, 99, 100, 138, 139, 156, 166
Laederich, Mademoiselle 75
Langeron, Roger 13–16, 18, 25–29, 33, 37, 74, 80, 81, 111
Laulhé, Monsieur 155
Laval, Pierre 119, 167
Le Clercq, Noël 47, 49, 51, 54, 55, 134, 137–39,
Le Meur, abbé 152, 212
Lebrun, Monsieur 11
Leclair, Bernard xii, xvi
Leclerc, General 166, 198, 200
Leclercq, Monsieur 74–77, 81, 106, 111, 113, 142, 177
Légion d’honneur xi, 1–2, 13, 48, 65, 85, 103, 196, 207, 212, 214
Lemaigre-Dubreuil. Jacques 123–24
Libération-sud 65
Lille 66
Loi Tréveneuc 130
Loir-et-Cher 159
London xi, xii, xv, xvi, 40, 42, 66, 98, 105, 109, 122, 124, 130, 136, 144, 163, 199, 201, 205, 206, 217, 218, 222–24
Luftwaffe xiii, 31, 65
Luxembourg 19
Luxeuil 19
Lyon 19, 124
Machenaud, Monsieur 136
Madrid 67
Maginot Line 16
Maillard, Raoul 98, 153
Malaga 138
Mangenot, Guy 166, 178
Maquis 137, 223
Marchenaud, Monsieur 80
Marcheret, Guy de, 148–49, 151
Marseilles 67, 68, 82–84, 86, 89, 91, 92, 96, 97, 110, 114, 123, 153, 166, 167, 175, 178, 183
Mast, General Charles 125
Médaille de la Résistance xi, 205, 211, 225
Mémé 24, 39–40, 108, 116
Mérignac 166
Mers-el-Kébir 121
Mesnil-le-Roi 40, 164
Messmer, Pierre 196
Mignonnet, Monsieur 79
Mitterrand, François 1
Mogador 125
Montauban 159
Morin, Jean 217
Morocco 13, 67, 121, 123–26, 129, 130, 131, 133, 138, 156
Moulin, Jean 223–24
Mouvements unifiés de la Résistance 149
Mulley, Clare 219
Murphy, Robert 123–24, 126, 129–31
Mussolini, Benito 32
Nancy 19
Nantes 24, 29, 30, 45
Nice 8–9, 82, 103
Nordling, Raoul 198
Normandy 105, 109, 204; landings xiii, 175, 182, 223, 225
North Africa 67, 68, 83, 84, 86, 129–31, 134, 136, 138, 147, 153, 154, 210, 212; Allied landings 65, 121–27, 129, 130, 131, 133, 223
Nouveau, Jeanine 199
Operation Overlord 175
Operation Torch 123, 124, 126, 132
ORA (Organisation de la Résistance de l’Armée) 86, 165, 168, 218, 223
Oran 121, 123, 126
Orion xiv, 93–94, 102, 137, 153, 166, 175, 179
Orion Group xii, xv, xvi, xvii, 53, 70, 78, 86–88, 92–96, 98–100, 102, 122, 123, 133, 134, 139, 147–48, 150–51, 153, 157, 161, 163, 165, 167, 168, 169, 182, 183, 185, 196, 203, 209, 211, 215, 217–19, 222, 223–25
Orléans 176
Orléans, Henri d’, Count of Paris 130, 131
Orthez 97, 99–100, 157, 166, 169, 173–75, 180
OSS (Office of Strategic Services) xvi, 5, 139, 153–54, 156, 157, 161, 163, 166–69, 186, 211, 222
Pagezy,
Ninon 94, 166
Pampelonne 138
Pantin 189, 191, 193–94
Paris xi, xii, xv, xvi, 1, 2, 6–17, 23–33, 45, 46, 53–59, 61–64, 67–74, 76, 78, 82–84, 88, 91, 92, 94–100, 102, 103, 105, 106, 109, 110, 112, 114–20, 133, 135, 136, 140, 141, 147, 148, 150, 153, 156, 157, 159–61, 163, 165, 166, 168, 169, 171, 174–78, 180, 181, 182, 185, 186, 188, 190–93, 209, 210, 211, 221, 222; Kommandantur 40, 41, 202; Liberation xiii, 182, 187, 197–206, 225; occupation xiii, 31, 35–43, 49, 206; Sorbonne 46–48, 55, 58, 93; see also Police Headquarters
Parmiers 62
Pas de Calais 66, 121
Passeur, Renée 13–14, 18, 20, 25, 30, 39, 41, 64, 73–74, 81, 106, 108, 112, 192
Passeur, Steve 12, 18, 47, 73, 79, 112
passeurs 95, 148
Passy, Colonel 217
Pau 157
Pearl Harbor 123
Périgueux 20
Perny, Monsieur 17
Pétain, Maréchal Philippe xvi, 82, 101, 102, 119, 121–23, 125, 126, 131, 199, 213
Petterson, Wally 201
Peyrouton, Marcel 33, 132
Pieds Noirs, les 122
Piron, Georges 61–63, 66, 68, 87, 222
Plagnard, Monsieur 17
Platon, Admiral 85
Poitiers 176, 178
Poland 2, 15, 16, 20
Police Headquarters xii, xiii, xv, 13, 14, 16–18, 21, 23, 25–29, 31, 36–37, 42–43, 51, 54–55, 69, 71–75, 78, 79, 88, 99, 110–14, 118, 143, 171, 174, 175, 180–82, 189, 190, 197, 198, 204, 209, 214
Pontoire 19
Portsmouth 45
Portugal 138
Pouillet, Monsieur 43, 71, 72
Pyrenees xiv, 83, 93–95, 97, 99, 123, 136, 137, 148
RAF 42, 66, 90, 109, 144, 145, 175, 205, 217
Ramatuelle 213, 215
Reagan, Ronald 46, 153
Redon, Monsieur 75
Remy, Jacqueline 38
Renault, Gilbert ‘Rémy’ 222
Resistance xii, xiii, xiv, xv, 2, 5, 13, 33, 48, 51, 53, 59, 62, 63, 65, 66, 68, 72, 76, 83, 84, 86, 89, 92, 94, 95, 98, 103, 110, 111, 119, 121–23, 125, 126, 129, 130, 131, 137, 139, 141, 149, 153, 155, 165, 169, 175, 177, 181, 186, 187, 191, 197, 199, 200, 209, 211, 213, 215, 218, 219, 223–25; see also Alibi; Alliance; Cauderon; Confrèrie Notre Dame Jade Amicol; Libération-sud; Orion Group; Saint-Jacques; Vaudevir
Reynaud, Paul 31
Rochefort 39, 41, 56, 116, 192, 197
Rochefort, François de 86, 159, 164, 168, 182, 185, 187, 193–95, 201
Rochefort-en-Yvelines 105, 106
Rohrbach, Captain 134–35, 181–82, 190–91, 193
Rommel, Field Marshal 167
Roosevelt, Franklin D. 124, 131, 132, 199, 214
Rotterdam 144
Royan 166
Ruban Bleu, L’Ordre National du Mérite 207, 211
Rubinstein family 18, 210
Rubinstein, Joseph 70
Sables-d’Olonne 38, 45
Saint-Cyr 47
Saint-Jacques 66, 222
Salamanca 99
Salies-de-Béarn 99–100, 155, 157, 174
Santander 97, 138, 210
Saumur 84
Sauvage, Jacques 53, 133
Schurr, Captain 50–51, 108
Seine-et-Marne 33, 35
Sidi Ferruch 125, 126
Siegried Line 16
SOE (Special Operations Executive) 86, 89, 92, 132, 153, 165, 217–19, 222
Somme 66
Sorbonne see Paris
Soustelle, Jacques xiv, 139, 153, 211
Spain xiv, 94, 101, 137, 138, 148, 153, 175, 223
SS 70, 118, 151, 181, 182, 185
St Tropez 65, 139, 213
Stocquart, Yvonne see Griotteray, Yvonne
Sweden 140
Switzerland 95, 124, 145
Tevel, Monsieur 79–80, 108–10
Toulouse 157
Tunisia 67, 121, 123, 124, 129, 136
Ullman family 37–38
United Kingdom 140, 217
United States 87, 121–23, 129, 203, 224
Vaudevir 95, 151
Vergèze 168
Verneau, General 168, 223
Versailles, Treaty of 5
Vichy 33, 67, 69, 82, 83, 85, 87, 119, 186, 196; government xvi, 119, 121, 122, 124–27, 129, 130, 138, 165, 167, 168, 196, 197, 199, 213, 214, 218, 223; milice française 84, 150
Vienne 28
Vietnam 196
Villacoublay 20
Vincennes xii, xvi, 202
Washington 122
Wehrmacht xii, xiii, xvi, 17, 29, 42, 45, 47, 57, 69, 70, 74, 78, 82, 83, 85, 88, 90, 94, 98, 103, 106, 108, 109, 114–17, 133, 153, 168, 172, 178, 181, 182, 183, 190, 195, 199, 200, 204, 214, 221, 223
Weller, Jacqueline 112–18
Weygand, General 124
Weyner, Karl 203
White, Frank 142, 201, 205–6
Williams, Charles 131
Yoanoff, Madame 19, 36
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Endpapers: Pages taken from one of the diaries of Andrée Griotteray, June 1940. Images in plate section reproduced courtesy of: page 4 (top) Jean Pierre Jobelot; page 4 (inset) Yves de Kermoal; page 4 (bottom) originally reproduced in Alain Gandy, La jeunesse et la Résistance: réseau Orion, 1940–1944 (Presses de la Cité, 1992); all other images from the author’s personal collection.
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