Kempische Legioen

Legion of Campine Kempische Legioen (KL)
Participant in the Second World War

Leaders	Omer Bobon (founder)^[1]
Area of operations	Campine in Limburg
Opponents	German Occupying Forces

The Legion of Campine (Dutch: Kempische Legioen) or KL was a group of the Belgian resistance during the Second World War which operated in the Campine region in the provinces of Limburg and Antwerp by the Dutch border.^[2]

References

↑ Bodson, Herman (2005). Downed Allied airmen and evasion of capture : the role of local resistance networks in World War II. Jefferson, N.C. [u.a]: McFarland. p. 164. ISBN 0786422165.
↑ Ward Baeten. Het Kempisch Legioen. De dubbele strijd van een verzetsbeweging 1942 - 1944 en 1944 - 1961. Universiteit Gent.

Baeten, Ward (2003–2004). Het Kempisch Legioen (in Dutch). University of Ghent: Thesis.

Belgian resistance groups in World War II

Resistance groups	Secret Army¹ 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

Intelligence networks	"Luc" (later "Marc") "Zéro"

¹ Formerly: the Belgian Legion, Reconstructed Belgian Army, and Army of Belgium

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