HELFAUT, France: The Resistance’s struggle against Nazi occupation in World War II is well-documented in France but much less is known about thousands of its members forced to work in Nazi Germany on Hitler’s secret weapon: the V2 rockets he hoped would bring Britain to its knees.
Now, more than 70 years on, France aims to shed light on, and honour, the nearly 9,000 Resistance members who were among thousands of slave labourers to have toiled in icy underground tunnels.
In abhorrent conditions and deprived of daylight or fresh air, 4,500 of the French deportees, believed to be all male, died at …read more
Source: theSun
