Rol-Tanguy

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Rol-Tanguy was a prominent French Resistance leader during World War II, best known for his role in organizing and leading the liberation of Paris in 1944.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French Resistance member
World War II resistance leader
communist
human
military officer
activeDuring German occupation of France
World War II
surface form: Second World War
associatedWith French Forces of the Interior
surface form: Forces Françaises de l’Intérieur

Parisian resistance groups
causeOf coordination of armed resistance in Paris in 1944
country France
countryOfCitizenship France
ethnicGroup French
familyName Tanguy
givenName Henri
hasOccupation political activist
resistance leader
soldier
ideology anti-fascism
languageSpoken French
memberOf Communist Party of France
surface form: French Communist Party
militaryConflict World War II
militaryRank colonel
movement French Resistance
name Henri Rol-Tanguy
notableEvent Liberation of Paris
surface form: Paris uprising of August 1944
notableFor leadership in the French Resistance
role in the liberation of Paris
notableRole co-signing the act of German surrender in Paris with General Leclerc
opponent Nazi Germany
French State (Vichy regime)
surface form: Vichy regime
participatedIn French Resistance
surface form: French Resistance in occupied France

liberation of Paris
placeOfActivity Paris
Île-de-France region
surface form: Île-de-France
politicalIdeology communism
positionHeld commander of the Forces Françaises de l’Intérieur in the Paris region
pseudonym Colonel Rol
residence Paris
role leader of underground resistance networks in Paris
organizer of the Paris insurrection of August 1944
sexOrGender male
timePeriod 20th century

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