Organisation de Résistance de l'Armée

  • Army Resistance Organisation
  • ORA
Identifier
608
Type of Entity
Corporate Body

Dates of Existence

Founded in 1942-12-01

History

On 1942-12-01 the Organisation de Résistance de l'Armée was formed by General Aubert Frere. ORA became active after Germany occupied the Free (Vichy) Zone in 1942-11. Organized by career officers and run on a professional military basis, ORA initially backed General Giraud rather than de Gaulle as the head of the Resistance: it's mission was military, not political.

Places

  • Founded and active in France.

Sources

  • War, judgment, and memory in the Basque borderlands, 1914-1945 / S. Ott. - Reno, 2008. - p. xxi