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Patriotic Militia Milices Patriotiques (MP-PM)
Ideology	Communist
Size	22,006 members (total)
Part of	Belgian Communist Party
Allies	Partisans Armés (PA)
Opponents	German Occupying Forces

The Patriotic Militia (French: Milices patriotiques, Dutch: Patriotische Militie) was a communist group in the Belgian resistance during the Second World War, affiliated to the Communist Party of Belgium. The Milices were intended to be a mass movement, working alongside the much smaller Partisans Armés (PA) group.

History

22,006 people are recognized to have been part of the Milices during the war.

References

1. Vaute, Paul (1 September 2004). "L'euphorie avant l'épreuve". La Libre Belgique. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
2. Conway, Martin (12 January 2012). The sorrows of Belgium : liberation and political reconstruction, 1944-1947. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 21. ISBN 978-0199694341.
3. "Souvenir et Memoire" (PDF). www.bel-memorial.org. p. 2. Retrieved 13 February 2013.

v t e Belgian resistance groups in World War II
Resistance groups	Secret Army Independence Front Patriotic Militia Armed Partisans Belgian National Movement Groupe G National Royalist Movement Army of Liberation OMBR White Brigade Committee for the Defense of Jews Austrian Freedom Front Service D The Unchained Disobedience Legion of Campine
Underground press	La Libre Belgique Faux Soir De Vrijschutter La Voix des Belges Het Vrije Woord
Escape lines	"Comet" Line Dutch-Paris
Intelligence networks	"Luc" (later "Marc") "Zéro"
Formerly: the Belgian Legion, Reconstructed Belgian Army, and Army of Belgium

• Belgian resistance groups
• Communism in Belgium