I recall seeing something on History Channel or Military Channel on that French village. de Gaulle was a very conflicted man, resolute in his enmity toward Germany, yet couldn’t grasp how the Russians were just as big a threat so he resisted full NATO involvement.
As to the village in Crete, the German who was the caretaker of the rifle range up the road from my unit was part of the Nazi paratroops that took Crete. He remarked many times about how the populace fought them, many times with just pitchforks. I always enjoyed spending time with him because he always told great stories.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5i9k7s9X_A
Check this out everyone, this is a color video of Berlin months after the war ended. I usually don’t put youtube videos up but it really is curious.
Check out towards the last 2 minutes of bombed out Berlin, amazing destruction.
Also, check out around 1:37 into the video, the woman sticks her tongue out and also does that signal, hand on the end of the nose, whatever that is called.