The summer of 1944, France erupted to the ringing of church bells.

The tricolor flag flew brightly on balconies and squares were packed with people dancing.

After 4 years of occupation, the light of freedom had finally returned.

But right beneath those cheers in dark alleys and remote villages, a different kind of brutal hunt was beginning.

Screams tore through the festive atmosphere.

Groups of people labeled as traitors [music] were dragged from their beds, interrogated, and forced to face swift death [music] sentences.

In that boiling hatred, there was a name that inspired more disgust than the SS or [music] the Gestapo.

The most terrifying enemy did not come from Berlin.

They were right next door.

They spoke the same language, grew up on the same soil, and knew exactly where you hid the resistance flag under the floorboards.

That was the Miliss Frances, the French militia molded from the weakness of the Vichi regime in 1943.

[music] This organization was not merely a paramilitary force.

It was a historical monstrosity [music] where neighbors turned into butchers, transforming the trust of their fellow countrymen [music] into a commodity to trade with Nazi Germany.

Why did those 35,000 people choose to stand on the side of darkness to hunt their own nation? What horrific crimes took place in their dark cellers? And more importantly, when the people’s [music] fury boiled over, how brutal was the price the traitors had to pay.

Today, we reopen the darkest files of collaboration.

[music] Miliss, the phantom army of Nazi Germany and France, and the bloody day of reckoning.

The birth of the monster.

Milis Frances.

January [music] 1,943.

In early 1943, the situation of World War II shifted violently after the Axis defeat at Stalingrad.

In France, the crumbling Vichi regime was forced [music] to face a surging wave of resistance.

In that situation, the German army realized a fatal flaw.

German soldiers, though elite, were locally blind.

They did not understand the slang, did not know the hidden trails in the deep forests, and were powerless to distinguish [music] between civilians and resistance agents.

To fix this hole, Nazi Germany needed a native hound carrying [music] French blood, but possessing a Nazi heart to perform the internal cleanup.

[music] That brutal necessity gave birth to the Miliss Frances on January 30, 1943.

This was not simply a supplementary police force, but a paramilitary organization, a bloody [music] extension of the German secret police right in the heart of French society.

The appearance of the Milise marked [music] the darkest chapter in history.

Frenchmen officially took up arms against their [music] own countrymen under the sponsorship of the enemy with the sole goal of destroying every seed of freedom [music] to protect the new order that Hitler established in Europe.

The leadership of the Miliss was a combination of political cover and military fanaticism.

[music] While the prime minister of the Vichi regime, Pierre Laval held the [music] position of nominal president, the sole and actual power lay entirely in the hands of the secretary [music] general Joseph Darnand.

Darnand was a paradoxical character, a hero from World War I with numerous noble medals, but who had degenerated into a far-right extremist ready to swear loyalty to Hitler.

Under the management of Darnand, the Miliss stripped away all moral standards of a regular army to become a systematic man-hunting [music] gang.

This monster grew at a terrifying speed, reaching a peak of 35,000 [music] troops at its height.

To maintain this huge number, the organization received special funding and weapons directly [music] from Nazi Germany, a trade in blood that the Vichi government had to accept in exchange for its own fragile existence.

With the leadership of fanatics and [music] a dense network of control, the Miliss began to spread a poisonous spiderweb across France, turning the [music] safety of every family into a commodity that could be sold at any time to the occupying forces.

Why did they become traitors? The formation of a 35,000man army in the heart of an occupied country [music] was not merely a political order, but a systemic corruption.

The millise took full [music] advantage of psychological and economic loopholes to turn ordinary French people into effective tools for Nazi [music] Germany.

Historical records show that those who joined the millise were [music] a dark collection of individuals ready to sell their conscience in exchange for raw benefits.

Leading the way was the ideological group, far-right extremists [music] carrying anti-semitic and anti-communist beliefs.

To them, Hitler’s army was not an invader, but a golden opportunity to establish a new order.

If [music] this group was the brain, then the pragmatic group was the muscle of the organization.

In the context of an exhausted [music] France, the Miliss tossed out an attractive bait, generous wages, and [music] essential supply privileges.

While civilians lined up all day for a few scraps [music] of dry bread, Miliss members enjoyed fresh meat and wine, things that had disappeared from French tables since 1940.

[music] Beside them was the escapee group, young men who joined the Milise to escape the forced labor decree STTO [music] in Germany.

Instead of becoming industrial slaves in Berlin, they chose to hold guns in their homeland, even if they had to turn their backs on their fellow countrymen.

Most disgusting [music] was the criminal group.

Rogue elements granted direct amnesty from prisons.

To them, the police badge was a legal license to satisfy violent instincts, performing acts of torture and robbery [music] under the protection of Nazi Germany without fear of punishment.

To operate effectively, the Miliss divided into two professional tiers.

The majority were part-time members, eyes and ears hidden within the community to act as informants.

[music] But the most cruel core lay in the front guard, the backbone force living in [music] barracks, wearing dark blue uniforms with the bow and arrow symbol [music] Gamma, and being formally trained to coordinate combat operations with the Gestapo.

This professionalization turned the Milise from a mixed militia [music] group into an elite manhunting machine, tightly binding its fate to the Nazi Empire.

This relationship was a bloody symbiosis.

Germany provided absolute power and in return the milit provided what the occupiers craved most, local knowledge.

When they put on [music] this uniform, they became Hitler’s domestic agents.

It was precisely the understanding of language and culture [music] that made them more dangerous than any German soldier.

They recognized a lie or a suspicious look from a fellow countryman instantly, turning every French village into [music] an inescapable prison under the supervision of the traitors themselves.

Local [laughter] assassins.

The brutality of the milis.

The most terrifying aspect of [music] the milis did not lie in heavy weapons, but in a deadly local advantage.

Unlike the Nazi German soldiers who were strangers to the native language and customs.

[music] Milis members were perfect spies living right in the heart of the community.

They knew exactly which trail led to the resistance [music] base, knew who had just secretly stockpiled extra supplies, and recognized immediately any abnormality in a neighbor’s gaze.

It was the familiarity with every corner and the network of personal relationships that turned the Miliss into a sharp blade stabbing from the inside, leaving the resistance movement [music] exposed nakedly before the enemy’s gun barrels.

When local understanding [music] combined with a fanatical nature, the Miliss executed crimes that went far beyond human limits.

Their forms of torture were designed not only to extract information, but also to destroy [music] the victim’s dignity.

Inside temporary prisons or dark cellers at Milis headquarters, horrific scenes [music] took place daily.

From brutal beatings with iron rods to forms of electric and water torture.

Even more disgusting, [music] their targets had no limits, including women, the elderly, and even children.

The Milise frequently used the tactic [music] of seizing hostages who were relatives of resistance fighters, using the lives of families to force freedom fighters to [music] reveal themselves.

After exhausting all information through brutal torture sessions, they either directly established [music] execution squads to shoot the victims or handed over mangled bodies to the Gustapo to gain favor from Berlin.

The presence of the Milise pushed France into a bloody civil war right in the heart of the global world war.

The boundary between the front line and the rear was blurred, [music] turning every village into a battlefield of suspicion and hatred.

The resistance fighters, Maki, had no choice but to carry out [music] retaliatory strikes targeting members right at cafes or on the streets.

This confrontation was not simply a power [music] dispute, but a purge between those who protected freedom and those who executed crimes under the Nazi flag.

The brutality of the Miliss swed a hatred so [music] deep that it tore apart the French social structure, creating wounds that decades [music] of peace afterward could hardly close.

The crimes of the Milise did not stop at isolated arrests, but developed into large-scale sweep operations with the support of German weapons.

Each time they acted, they did not only hunt for resistance fighters, but also implemented collective punishment policies, burning houses and executing innocent civilians suspected of providing cover.

It was this uncompromising cruelty that turned the Milise into a name more feared than the regular army of Nazi Germany because the people knew that the person holding the gun facing them was a butcher carrying the same blood.

understanding their fear and ready to sell it for the price [music] of betrayal.

Peak conflict and retaliation.

By the summer of 1944, the confrontation [music] between the resistance forces and the Milis army was no longer a series of isolated clashes, but had transformed into a brutal civil war with an uncontrolled [music] escalation of violence.

The detonator for the most horrific chain [music] of tragedies was the elimination of Philipe Enrio on June 28, [music] 1944.

Enreo, dubbed the Gerbles of France, was not only the minister of information for the Vichi regime, but also the most dangerous loudspeaker for the Nazis.

A man who used hate-filled [music] speeches to advocate for the extermination of his own countrymen.

In a daring operation, resistance fighters disguised as millise [music] members infiltrated his office in Paris and took down this propaganda chief.

This was a powerful blow to the pride of the collaborationist forces, [music] but at the same time, it opened the gates of hell.

The Miliss’s response occurred immediately with [music] an unprecedented frenzy and bloodlust.

Just hours after Henryo’s death, Miliss execution squads swarmed the streets, [music] beginning a root and branch campaign targeting anti-fascist politicians and [music] intellectuals.

The most classic crime in this wave of revenge took place at an administrative prison in Paris, where the [music] Milise forcibly took 34 political prisoners out of their cells and executed them swiftly without trial.

This action was no longer about maintaining order, but was an open massacre to avenge the spiritual leader of their cause, turning the streets of Paris into a place that exposed the ultimate brutality of henchmen when driven into a corner.

Not stopping at individual assassinations, the male also harbored ambitions to destroy large-scale resistance bases, most notably at the Gleier Plateau near [music] the Swiss border.

Here, Joseph Darnan’s army concentrated the most elite front guard forces to suppress more than 500 resistance fighters entrenched in the harsh conditions of the Alps.

The Milise wanted to prove to their German masters that they were capable of extinguishing the flames of freedom without foreign help.

However, despite having the advantage in information [music] and troop numbers, a weakness in actual combat capability caused the Middle East to suffer heavy losses and failed to pierce [music] the Machi lines.

This humiliating defeat forced the German army [music] to intervene directly with air force and artillery, exposing the truth that the Middle East was only truly good at [music] arresting unarmed civilians while remaining completely pathetic against those holding guns.

The failure at Gleier along with the blind retaliations following the Oreo incident [music] marked the complete breaking point of the Miliss in the eyes of the French people.

Every gun barrel the Miliss [music] raised to fire at their own countrymen after the assassinations only thickened the list of names that would have to stand before the dock when the war ended.

The collaborators now realized they had sunk too deep into the mire of crime, and the boundary between life and death was no longer decided by the German army, but by the fury boiling in the hearts of every French citizen waiting for the day of liberation, the day of reckoning.

summer 1,944.

On June 6th, 1944, the historic landing at Normandy [music] not only dealt a fatal blow to the occupying forces, but also served as the death nail for the Miliss.

When the Triolor flag reappeared on balconies, [music] the collaborators understood that Berlin’s protection had vanished into thin air.

In a panic, about 2,500 of the most fanatical Milise agents [music] chose to flee to Germany, merging into the SS Charlemagne Division.

There, alongside 7,000 volunteers, they made a final effort to protect a failing empire.

But in [music] reality, it was only a desperate flight to delay the death sentences waiting at home.

For those who could not escape in time, [music] the summer of 1944 turned into a brutal purge called Le Purasion Sovage, spontaneous purge.

The fury of the French people, suppressed for 4 years, erupted like an unstoppable torrent.

The Milise [music] headquarters, once a source of terror with dark torture sellers, were now smashed to pieces [music] by mobs.

Without the need for lengthy legal procedures, captured millise members suffered immediate and humiliating punishments.

[music] They were dragged through the streets, thrown through high windows, or tossed straight [music] into the sane river amidst the echoing curses of their countrymen.

The classic contrast between justice and hatred was most clearly shown through the execution in Grenobyl in late August 1944.

[music] Six young Milise members were led out before the witness of 5,000 citizens.

When the death sentences for treason were pronounced, a deathly silence filled the space.

But immediately after the finishing volleys, the atmosphere erupted in [music] wild cheering.

It was a strange moment in history where the death of traitors [music] was seen as a cleansing of national honor.

Justice at this time wore the face of indignation, stripping away the right to a defense from those who had once stripped away the right to life from so [music] many innocent people.

The punishment targeted even the most notorious leaders, [music] exemplified by police commander Jacqu Larak.

Although he was being held in jail awaiting trial, the horrific pressure from the angry mob broke down [music] the prison doors.

Larak was dragged out of his cell, pulled to the suburbs, and ended his life on a roadside [music] signpost in the form of a mob execution.

His body was dragged back to town as a steely warning.

Betraying the fatherland [music] is the only sin that never receives clemency.

The day of reckoning in 1944 did not just end a puppet organization, but also wiped out a misguided ideology.

Those who once acted in the name of a new order to torture their countrymen now had to lie in unmarked graves or live out the rest of their lives in shameful [music] seclusion.

The justice of the liberation day may have been brutal, but it was the inevitable result of a chain of unforgivable crimes, leaving an eternal lesson.

When conscience is sold to the enemy, the price to be paid will always be the harshest [music] punishment from one’s own nation.

The verdict of conscience and the postwar legacy.

The journey of the Miliss Frances closed in the ashes of 1944, but it left a scar that will never heal in the soul of France.

This is the most brutal evidence showing that when hatred and selfishness take the throne, humans can take up arms against their own countrymen.

The legacy of the Milis is not found in numbers, but in the lesson of the rupture of trust, a weapon even more dangerous than the bombs and bullets of Nazi Germany.

Justice for this organization did not just stop with the post-war execution [music] squads.

Decades later, the ghosts of the milis hiding across the world were still brought to light.

The prosecution of members in the late 20th [music] century was a steely message.

Treason and crimes against humanity do not have an expiration date.

Time may blur memory, but it cannot erase blood debts and the judgment of truth.

From an expert perspective, I evaluate the Miliss as the harshest problem of human conscience.

In the darkness of the occupation, the boundary between hero and henchman was [music] sometimes separated by only one choice, personal survival or national self-respect.

The advice for today’s younger generation is to look at history to build political courage and alertness.

Never let fear or temporary interests turn you into a tool of division.

War may end on the battlefield, but the struggle to preserve individual dignity is a battle that takes place every day.

If placed in that situation, would you choose to [music] protect your countrymen or choose to stand on the side of darkness in exchange for a fake safety? Please subscribe to the channel to continue joining us in decoding shocking historical truths.