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:
Ceylon in World War II help of one of their guards. Several of them fled to India, where they participated in the struggle there, underscoring what had been established before the war, that India's and Sri Lanka's independence struggles were interlinked. However, a sizable contingent remained, led by Robert Gunawardena, Philip's brother. Ceylon in World War II After the outbreak of the Second World War, in the British Crown Colony of Ceylon (modern-day Sri Lanka), the government of Sir Don Baron Jayatilaka assured the British king and his majesty's government of its continued support. The British had occupied the coastal areas of the island since