Milices Patriotiques
| Patriotic Militia Milices Patriotiques (MP-PM) |
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|---|---|
| Participant in the Belgian Resistance (World War II) | |
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| Ideology | Communist |
| Part of |
 Belgian Communist Party
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| 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.
22,006 people are recognized to have been part of the Milices during the war.
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