Excerpts: Dwight Eisenhower lays to rest any doubts concerning the value of French Résistance in his Crusade in Europe memoir:

“Throughout France, the Free French had been of inestimable value in the campaign. Without their great assistance, the liberation of France would have consumed a much longer time and meant greater losses to ourselves.” 1.

D-Day and the Immense role of the Résistance, Small Military Units, and “Lesser Allies”