The French Resistance Was Masterminded By The British

Maloubier, left, pictured during the war, lead a team of agents that sabotaged numerous targets Photo: AFP

Britain 'Masterminded French Resistance' -- The Telegraph

France is only belatedly accepting the extent to which Britain masterminded its wartime resistance operations, according to one of Winston Churchill's last remaining French secret agents.

Captain Robert (Bob) Maloubier was an agent of the French section of the Special Operations Executive, or SOE. Churchill's "secret army" was created to "set Europe ablaze" by encouraging and facilitating espionage and sabotage behind enemy lines during the Second World War.

Mr Maloubier, then only 20, took part in a string of daring missions in occupied France as a weapons trainer and demolitions expert, helping blow up a power station, a steel plant, and a submarine tender as well as preparing the ground for D-Day.

He gives his first full-blown account of his wartime operations in "Winston Churchill's Secret Agent", released in France today.

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My Comment: I suspect that the French public will disagree.