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6 June 1944, France. As Allied forces land in Normandy, the French Resistance rises to support the liberation. Sabotage spreads across the country, and hope returns to occupied towns.
But in Bordeaux, the resistance carries a deep wound. André Grandclément, once a leading figure in the underground, made a decision that would divide his own network. After his arrest by the Gestapo, he agreed to cooperate with the Germans, surrendering large amounts of resistance weapons in exchange for the release of prisoners.
Some believed he was trying to save lives. Others saw a betrayal that exposed networks, led to arrests, and weakened the resistance at a critical moment.
As France moved closer to liberation, his actions caught up with him. In July 1944, resistance fighters captured Grandclément and put him on trial.

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00:00The German officer recognized his prisoners' hatred of communism and made an offer.
00:05If the underground surrendered part of its arms and reduced the armed threat to German rule,
00:11many of the captured prisoners would be released.
00:15Later, once the Germans withdrew, the same men could form so-called white resistance units
00:21to fight the communists in France.
00:24Grand Clermont took a few hours of conditional freedom to talk to his allies about this proposal.
00:31Some listened to him, but most rejected the idea, and the talks collapsed.
00:36Despite this, he took offer from Gestapo,
00:39and about a third of the hidden resistance stocks, around 45 tons of material, were surrendered.
00:46André Grand Clermont betrayed the resistance and became German double agent.
00:53Discover the full story on worldhistory.tv

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