Stalin killed more Russians than the Germans ever did. Apart from sending virtually unarmed troops up against trained ,well equipped German soldiers at the point of a gun under the NKVD. he was responsible for the Gulags and destroying the upper echelons of the armed forces command thus causing...
De Gaulle had his faults but he was right man to lead the Free French. As for the Maquis, indeed they were incredibly brave especially when they may have been betrayed by the many French collaborators, let alone fighting with light weapons against highly trained and well armed German troops.