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workingclasshistory: “On this day, 26 May 1944, a general strike broke out in Marseille, Vichy France. Metalworkers, public servants and transport workers joined a stoppage of shipyard workers the previous day, demonstrating in front of the City Hall...

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On this day, 26 May 1944, a general strike broke out in Marseille, Vichy France. Metalworkers, public servants and transport workers joined a stoppage of shipyard workers the previous day, demonstrating in front of the City Hall demanding “bread!”. The strike remained unbroken until the Gestapo had arrested 15,000 workers - but the crackdown was short lived as Marseille was liberated soon after.
Pictured: French resistance fighters https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1435264016658744/?type=3

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    Actually, it was another three months before Marseille was liberated.
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