Ceux de la Résistance, of the Neufchâteau – Mirecourt region. This movement took charge of the Noyautage des administrations publiques.
Those in touch which the special services of the armistice army in the Saint-Dié region. This movement would later rally to the Organisation de résistance de l'armée.
The Organisation civile et militaire, which was essentially an organisation of officers covering the Remiremont, Plombières, Bains-les-Bains and Saint-Dié regions.
The Lorraine movement, which originated in Nancy, but had put out feelers in the Vosges. This movement would make a secondary military agreement with the CLDR.
Libération-Nord, which had charged itself with helping prisoners to escape.
The resistance reorganised at this time into four groupings:
The first, including the Neufchâteau, Chatenois, Mirecourt and Vittel, was commanded by Grandjean, alias René. This grouping was the source of the first Maquis des Vosges, in the Lamarche forest between Martigny and Robécourt, at the place called the Camp de la Délivrance where the francs-tireurs had fought in 1870. Arbuger was the local organizer, assisted by the Guinean Adi Ba, the Sudanese Adama and the committed cheesemaker Picard.
The second grouping was directed by Lucien Méline, then by Delafenêtre after Méline's arrest. It oversaw the sectors of Épinal, Dompaire, Charmes, Rambervillers and Bains.
The third grouping was to the north-east of the department, and covered the region of Saint-Dié, led by the pastor Valet alias "capitaine Jouvet".
– Maquis de la Charme de l'Ormont devenu le maquis de la Chapelotte, en limite du IVème groupement.
– Maquis de la Chapelotte.
– Maquis de Chatas qui prendra différents noms: de la Grande Fosse, de Grimaubois, du Col du Las, de Grandrupt, de la Petite Raon, de la Roche Mère Henry.
– Maquis de Lordon.
– Maquis de Fouchifol qui se repliera sur le Haut de Steige.
Fourth grouping:
– Maquis de la Charme de l'Ormont.
– Maquis de Corcieux, secondairement sur la commune de La Chapelle.
– Maquis de Beulotte-St-Laurent. Each maquis used one or several areas allocated for receiving parachute drops, some by day and others by night. These areas were endowed with a codename and a key which was either a phrase or a single letter, so that the maquis could be forewarned of an imminent parachute drop of supplies or men. For example, the maquis de la Piquante Pierre used an area in Basse-sur-le-Rupt with codename Coupole allocated for nighttime drops. Its radio codes were the phrase J'espère vous revoir chérie and the letter U. The various maquis awaited the order from the allied forces to enter action. The maquis main strategic role was to prepare the arrival of the allied forces by occupying key positions, particularly bridges, and preventing the Germans from regrouping by undertaking widespread operations throughout the Vosges region. When the American 3rd army began its offensive towards the Vosges, most of the Reich's security forces were gathered in the Vosges, principally at Bruyères; on 5 SeptemberHeinrich Himmler made a short visit to Gerardmer to give orders to the officials of the Wehrmacht and the SS and especially to intensify the campaign against the Maquis. This most probably explains the targeted operations against the Maquis thereafter. The Vosges Maquis whose histories have been particularly well documented were the Maquis de Charmes, the Maquis Viombois, the Maquis Noiregotte, and the Maquis de la Piquante Pierre.
