Railway Workers in the French Resistance – WWII History Documentary
During World War II, the SNCF was guided by a French state that advocated collaboration with the Nazis. But railway workers were essential to the Resistance. By spreading false information, causing railway explosions, and organizing sabotage, they significantly hampered the Germans.
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It was also thanks to their strike of August 10, 1944 that they precipitated the popular insurrection which led to the Liberation of Paris.
However, they paid a heavy price for these actions, with several hundred victims in their ranks.
Documentary title: 39-45, railway workers in the resistance
Directed by Emmanuel Roblin
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