Editing History of Belgium (section)

=== Resistance ===
{{See also|Belgian Resistance|Comité de Défense des Juifs}}
Resistance against the German occupiers can be seen at all levels, but was highly fragmented. Some organisations were very left-wing, like the Communist ''[[Front de l'Indépendance]]'', but there was also a far-right resistance movement, the ''Légion Belge'' which comprised dissident [[Rexism|Rexists]], and other groups like ''Groupe G'' had no obvious political affiliation.

Resistance to the occupiers chiefly came in the form of helping allied airmen escape, and numerous lines were set up to organise this, for instance the [[Comet line]] which evacuated an estimated 14,000 allied airmen to [[Gibraltar]].<ref>{{Cite book |first=John |last=Nichol |first2=Tony |last2=Rennell |title=Home Run: Escape from Nazi Europe |publisher=Penguin |date=2007 |pp=470}}</ref> Sabotage was also used, and ''Group G's'' activities alone are estimated to have cost the Nazis 20 million man-hours of labor to repair damages.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Miller |first=Russell |title=The Resistance: WWII |publisher=Time Life Education |date=1979}}</ref> The resistance were also instrumental in saving Jews and Roma from deportation, for instance the attack on the [[Twentieth convoy]]. There was also significant low-level resistance, for instance in June 1941, the [[City of Brussels|City Council of Brussels]] refused to distribute [[Yellow badge|Stars of David badges]].<ref name="Museum van Deportatie en Verzet">{{Cite web |title=Museum van Deportatie en Verzet |url=http://www.cicb.be |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110226071856/http://www.cicb.be |archive-date=26 February 2011 |access-date=3 November 2012}}</ref> Many Belgians also hid Jews and political dissidents during the occupation, with one estimate putting the number at 20,000.{{Efn|The [[Kazerne Dossin Memorial, Museum and Documentation Centre]] (Museum van Deportatie en Verzet) puts the number at 20,000 Jews, including 3,000 children. Fogelman supplies a figure of 20,000 adults ''and'' 8,000 children in hiding.<ref name="Museum van Deportatie en Verzet"/>}}