The French Resistance conducted every activity of unconventional warfare against the Nazi occupiers, and they did so extensively. Through underground newspapers the Resistance reached millions in readers, calling for passive and active forms of resistance and spreading stories of Nazi defeats on the eastern front. They planned and executed countless acts of sabotage against German lines of transportation, telecommunications, power grids, and war production facilities (Douthit, 1987). Maquis conducted increasingly overt guerrilla activities as their strength grew, such as assassinations and larger attacks with Allied support. They maintained a network of escape routes for nonconventional assistance of the recovery of Allied troops and pilots.
