What was the purpose of the National Resistance Council formed in 1943?

The National Resistance Council (Conseil National de la Résistance), established in May 1943 by Jean Moulin on behalf of Charles de Gaulle, served as the central coordinating body for the various French Resistance movements.12

Its primary purpose was to achieve national unity by joining all major resistance groups into a single federation. By acting as a central organ of coordination, the council helped overcome the fragmentation of the underground struggle, which included diverse factions ranging from socialists and labor leaders to the French Communist Party. This unification was instrumental in consolidating resistance efforts under de Gaulle’s leadership, eventually facilitating the formal merger of various guerrilla forces into the French Forces of the Interior (FFI) in early 1944 to support Allied military operations.12