French Resistance Cache found

[Peter Laidler]

I wonder whether the FRench Government had a post war policy of buying back or an amnesty for those weapons that were supplied to the resistance

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[mrclark303]

I wonder whether the FRench Government had a post war policy of buying back or an amnesty for those weapons that were supplied to the resistance

Something I've often pondered too Peter.


If you put yourself in the mind set of the average Marque member, after all, the Boche had been uninvited guests twice in only 20 years!

That and the people were terrified France would rip itself apart in civil war, it came very close ... Apparently the French killed more French people than the Germans did during four years of occupation, with the purging of the republic after the Germans where booted out.

In the context of that chaos, the authorities never really got round to collecting the weaponry in any meaningful quantity.

If it was me in that position, I would think twice before handing in my gear too, my Sten and Mills bombs would likely be under the floor too!


There is still tons of gear in France, it seems to surface on a regular basis and I am sure it will for many years to come.