4. Distributing Underground Newspapers
Secret presses operated throughout occupied zones, distributing underground newspapers to counter enemy propaganda and bolster morale. Publications like France’s “Combat” informed citizens and coordinated civil resistance. “Combat” was founded in 1941 as a clandestine newspaper of the French Resistance. Its first issue appeared in late 1941 in Lyon, with a press run of 10,000. By May 1944, the newspaper had a run of 250,000 (en.wikipedia.org).
