Réseau Morhange
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Réseau Morhange was a French resistance group created in 1943 by Marcel Taillandier in Toulouse
. The group organised direct action and counterintelligence against the German occupied and collaborators of Vichy France
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. Morhange was a Counterintelligence organisation against the counterintelligence of the Gestapo
and the Abwehr
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In 1940, Commandeur Paillole was responsible for the counterintelligence services of the Vichy army. However he continued to work with the British services against the German intelligence Abwehr
whose objective was to track down French resistance fighters. In November 1942, when Nazi Germany invaded Vichy France, Paillole feld to Spain before reaching London where we welcomed by members of the Secret Intelligence Service
before being transferred to Algers.
Paillole orders reached Marchel Taillandier who led the Morhange group and the French resistance in Toulouse against the German occupier.
Toulouse
Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...
. The group organised direct action and counterintelligence against the German occupied and collaborators of Vichy France
Vichy France
Vichy France, Vichy Regime, or Vichy Government, are common terms used to describe the government of France that collaborated with the Axis powers from July 1940 to August 1944. This government succeeded the Third Republic and preceded the Provisional Government of the French Republic...
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The Morhange Group
The group was constituted of 82 agents officially engaged in the conflict against Nazi GermanyNazi Germany
Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
. Morhange was a Counterintelligence organisation against the counterintelligence of the Gestapo
Gestapo
The Gestapo was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. Beginning on 20 April 1934, it was under the administration of the SS leader Heinrich Himmler in his position as Chief of German Police...
and the Abwehr
Abwehr
The Abwehr was a German military intelligence organisation from 1921 to 1944. The term Abwehr was used as a concession to Allied demands that Germany's post-World War I intelligence activities be for "defensive" purposes only...
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In 1940, Commandeur Paillole was responsible for the counterintelligence services of the Vichy army. However he continued to work with the British services against the German intelligence Abwehr
Abwehr
The Abwehr was a German military intelligence organisation from 1921 to 1944. The term Abwehr was used as a concession to Allied demands that Germany's post-World War I intelligence activities be for "defensive" purposes only...
whose objective was to track down French resistance fighters. In November 1942, when Nazi Germany invaded Vichy France, Paillole feld to Spain before reaching London where we welcomed by members of the Secret Intelligence Service
Secret Intelligence Service
The Secret Intelligence Service is responsible for supplying the British Government with foreign intelligence. Alongside the internal Security Service , the Government Communications Headquarters and the Defence Intelligence , it operates under the formal direction of the Joint Intelligence...
before being transferred to Algers.
Paillole orders reached Marchel Taillandier who led the Morhange group and the French resistance in Toulouse against the German occupier.
Connexions with other groups
The Morhange Group operated with other groups in the Toulouse area:- The groups of Marie DissardMarie DissardMarie Dissard, GM, was a member of French Resistance during the German occupation of France in World War II who took over the escape network of Ian Garrow and Albert Guérisse and arranged for over 250 Allied airmen to return to Britain....
and of Albert GuérisseAlbert GuérisseMajor-General Comte Albert-Marie Edmond Guérisse, GC, KBE, DSO was a Belgian Resistance member who organized escape routes for downed Allied pilots during World War II under the alias of Patrick Albert "Pat" O'Leary, the name of a Canadian friend...
who hid and smuggled allied soldiers all across France into Spain via the PyreneesPyreneesThe Pyrenees is a range of mountains in southwest Europe that forms a natural border between France and Spain... - The socialist group "Libérer Fédérer" of Silvio Trentin, an anti-fascist Italian.
- The VIRA group.
- The Franc-Tireur movement.
- Libération-sudLibération-sudThe Libération-sud resistance group was established by a group of French people, including Emmanuel d'Astier, Lucie Aubrac and Raymond Aubrac. The first important Resistant group to emerge after the German occupation, it began publishing Libération in July 1941...
. - The Combat French resistance group.
- The Armée secrèteArmée secrèteThe Armée secrète, created in 1943, was an organisation of French resistance fighters during World War II set up by Jean Moulin. It resulted from an amalgamation of three smaller resistance groups:*Combat*Libération-Sud*Franc-Tireur...
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