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Battle of Mont Mouchet
Geographic organization of theFrench Resistance.Mont Mouchet is on the border of R6 and R3
Date May 1944 – June 1944 Location Mont Mouchet,France 44°58′32″N3°22′22″E / 44.9756°N 3.3728°E /44.9756; 3.3728 Result German victory
Belligerents
French Resistance	Germany Vichy France Milice
Commanders and leaders
Émile Coulaudon	Curt von Jesser
Strength
2,700maquisards	3,000 German soldiers; unknown number of policemen and Milice Franc-Gardes
Casualties and losses
238 dead 180 wounded	Unknown
100 civilians executed by the Germans

TheMaquis du Mont Mouchet (French pronunciation:[makidymɔ̃muʃɛ]) were a group ofFrench resistance fighters during theSecond World War that were based atMont Mouchet.

The Germans, having discovered themaquis, made several attacks up until May 1944 with about 3,000 men and using aviation and armoured units. The maquisards fought back fiercely.

Little information is available on the German forces. Historians have identified some units:

• TheJesser Brigade, formed from veterans of the eastern front (deployed in theOrléans-Pithiviers sector)
• Sicherungs-Regiment 1000
• Aufklärungsabteilung 1000

These were reinforced from:

• Regiment 2 of the 2Ost-Bataillone of theFreiwilligen-Stamm-Division:
  • TheVolga Tatar legion stationed atPuy-en-Velay
  • TheAzerbaijan legion stationed atRodez (former 804th battalion ?)
• The 3rd Battalion of the SS Polizei Regiment 19
• A battery of the artillery regiment 28 (189th reserve division)
• Battalion of DCA 958
• 3 motorised response detachments of theFeldgendarmerie
• An armored reconnaissance platoon originating fromParis
• 2Luftwaffe squadrons fromAulnat airbase

After several days of combat, the final German attack forced the maquisards to fall back and disperse. Out of revenge for their previous losses, the Germans pillaged several of the surrounding villages, includingClavières.

In the course of the battles, theFrench Forces of the Interior sustained severe losses: 238 killed and 180 wounded as well as about 100 hostages executed by the Nazis.

• (in French)Mémoire de la France

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