Brutus Network

The Brutus Network (French: Réseau Brutus) was a French Resistant movement during World War II. It was founded in 1941 by Pierre Fourcaud, parachuted in France with instructions from Charles de Gaulle to set up an intelligence network, and other socialist members of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO), from the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Southern Zone, and led by Félix Gouin. As soon as July 1941, the network almost became the armed wing of the Comité d'action socialiste (CAS - Socialist Action Committee), of which Félix Gouin had been a co-founder, along with Daniel Mayer. The CAS delegate Eugène Thomas became the leader of the Brutus Network after the arrest of Pierre Fourcaud and his brother, Jean Fourcaud, departure for London.
Extending itself in 1942-43, Brutus became a national Resistant network in February 1943, in particular through the impulsion of André Boyer. Boasting more than a 1,000 agents, its headquarters were based...