Maquis!

[Muffit]

Hey all you DS9/Voyager fans out there! I just saw something rather interesting. I was flipping channels tonight and ran across the old black and white "Combat!" show. For old time's sake I watched it. To my surprise they referred to the French Underground as --- Maquis!

Learn something new everyday!!! :D
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[nightscape2112]

very cool, i did not know there was a connectoin there.

thanks,

nightscape

[Ian_W359]

The name 'Maqius' became a collective term for rural French Resistance fighters during WWII (one person within that group would be known as a 'Maquisard'). The word originally meant regions of high scrubland in Southeastern France & Corsica- the kind of terrain the early Resistance forces would use for concealment.

More info can be found here - Wikipedia article "Maquis (WW2)" (http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maquis_(WW2))

All the best,
Ian W359

[Muffit]

Hi Nightscape!

Hi Ian! Thanks for the info!!! :)

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