The Armed Partisans (french: Partisans armés, or PA) was a faction of the
resistance
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Arts, entertainment, and media Comics
* Either of two similarly named but otherwise unrelated comic book series, both published by Wildstorm:
** ''Resistance'' (comics), based on the video game of the same title
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in
German-occupied Belgium in
World War II. The group was affiliated to the
Belgian Communist Party
french: Parti Communiste de Belgique
, abbreviation = KPB-PCB
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. In 1941, many of its members left to join the ''
Front de l'Independance
Front may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Films
* ''The Front'' (1943 film), a 1943 Soviet drama film
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Music
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'' 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.
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.
The group suffered heavy casualties and 1,200 were killed and a further 3,000 were arrested and sent to prison camps.
Notable members
*
Todor Angelov
References
Further reading
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External links
Partisans armésat Belgium-WWII (
Cegesoma)
World War II resistance movements
Communism in Belgium
Belgian resistance groups
Military wings of communist parties
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