This article lists the clandestine networks, also known as circuits, (réseaux in French) established in France by F Section of the British Special Operations Executive during World War II.
The clandestine networks and agents were "dedicated to encourage and aid resistance" to the German occupation of the country.
Activities included gathering intelligence, organizing and supplying indigenous resistance groups, and sabotaging transportation, communications, and industrial facilities.
[3] Approximately 470 SOE agents served in France during World War II.
Note: The map does not show the correct location of the original Autogiro network, which operated in the Paris area and did not exist after the spring of 1942.
Operation Asymptote was mounted in February 1944, while the Operational Instructions[50] were quite clear, the disguised objective was to rescue two agents Émile Bollaert and Pierre Brossolette who had been captured on 2 February 1944 while trying to leave Brittany by boat.