1941 Nord-Pas-de-Calais miners' strike

1941 Nord-Pas-de-Calais miners' strike
Date27 May – 10 June 1941 (1941-05-27 – 1941-06-10) (2 weeks)
Location
Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Casualties
Death(s)139
ArrestedUp to 450

The 1941 Nord-Pas-de-Calais miners' strike, also known as the patriotic strike of the 100,000 miners of Nord-Pas-de-Calais or the 10-day strike, lasted from the 27th of May to the 10th of June 1941 and was the first large-scale strike under Nazi occupation.[1] It was one of the largest and longest strike to occur in Nazi-occupied Europe.

  1. ^ Holter, Darryl (1992). The battle for coal : miners and the politics of nationalization in France, 1940-1950. Internet Archive. DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press. p. 49. ISBN 978-0-87580-167-4.