Central office of information and action

The central Office of information and action (BCRA) was a service of espionage French, created in 1940.

History

In July 1940, after the rout of the French Armies, the German are Masters of the French coasts of the Spain to the Belgium. With an aim of countering a possible unloading in England, Churchill request with the Intelligence Service to set up with the general De Gaulle a network of information made up men of the free France. Andre Dewavrin, known as colonel Passy, of the 2nd Office, with the responsibility of create this network, of which the original intention is to inform London of the military operations German throughout the coasts Atlantique and of the Manche. It is thus in the greatest urgency that is born the BCRA.

French Free S, whose majority of volunteers having been able to rejoin the the United Kingdom the shortly after the rout, are sent in France. Of all nationalities, they will be nearly 2.000 before the end of the war. Among them, Gilbert Renault, known also under the pseudonym of Rémy, rejoins France occupied in August 1940. It was going to create the most important network and one of most active: the Brotherhood Notre-Dame (NDT). As of 1941, supported by multiple networks, the BCRA can thus send material and parachutists armed to carry out missions of destruction on the coast Atlantique.

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