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AGIR
Agir or AGIR may refer to: * Agir (singer), Portuguese singer * AGIR (student organization), Galician independence group * Agir (Belgium), Belgian political party * Agir (France), French political party * Agir ensemble, French parliamentary group * Réseau AGIR, French World War II espionage group * SMS Ägir, SMS ''Ägir'', Imperial German ship * Aqel, also known as Agir, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran * David Agir, Nauruan politician See also * Ægir (other) * Agar (other) * Ager (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Réseau AGIR
The Réseau AGIR ( en, Network for ACTION) was a World War II espionage group founded by French wartime resister Michel Hollard that provided decisive human intelligence on V-1 flying bomb facilities in the North of France. Thanks to Hollard's reports and information from his agents of the Réseau AGIR, the V1 launch sites located across North-Eastern Normandy to the Strait of Dover, were systematically bombed during Operation Crossbow. Creation and organisation The Réseau AGIR was created by Michel Hollard in 1941. The espionage network had no contact with other French resistance groups and reported directly to the British Secret Intelligence Service (S.I.S.). During the war, the network was codenamed "''Z 165''" after the codename given to Hollard himself by the ''Intelligence Service''. ''AGIR'' or ''Réseau AGIR'' only emerged after Hollard's return from the Liberation of France. Early 1941, Hollard became the concessionaire for the Seine department for the "Maison '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
