Maquis des Vosges Maquis des Vosges The Maquis des Vosges were groups of French resistance fighters in the Department of the Vosges during the Second World War. They were associated through an amalgamation of different resistance groups roughly when the "Conseil national de la Résistance" was created on 27 May 1943. Maquis shrubland is a Mediterranean biome of dense scrub, which provided the guerrillas with cover. At the beginning of 1943 the principal resistance movements operating in the Vosges were: The resistance reorganised at this time into four groupings: - Maquis de Bulgnéville: La Vacheresse, Urville, St-Ouen, Robécourt, Contrexéville. - Maquis de Liffol:
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