WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The boys joined the resistance movement against the Germans because their house had been bombed and their parents had been killed in the war. They had been orphaned and their sister was in the hospital. They were full of feelings of vengeance against the Germans.

Detailed explanation-2: -The five largest resistance movements in Europe were the Dutch, the French, the Polish, the Soviet, and the Yugoslav; overall their size can be seen as comparable, particularly in the years 1941–1944. A number of sources note that the Polish Home Army was the largest resistance movement in Nazi-occupied Europe.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1943, with the formation of the National Council of the Resistance (CNR), the Communists started large-scale operations. The CNR made up the bulk of the Resistance forces which also included the Communists resistance groups along with other fringe groups like Spanish Republicans.

Detailed explanation-4: -An estimated 500, 000 French men and women worked for the Resistance during Germany’s occupation of France. Resistance workers carried out thousands of acts of sabotage against the German occupiers. The risks were great. More than 90, 000 resisters were killed, tortured or deported by the Germans.

Detailed explanation-5: -One of the most widespread resistance activities was hiding and sheltering refugees and enemies of the Nazi regime, which included concealing Jewish families like that of Anne Frank, underground operatives, draft-age Dutchmen and, later in the war, Allied aircrew.