| Patriotic Militia Milices Patriotiques (MP-PM) | |
| War: | the Belgian Resistance (World War II) |
| Ideology: | Communist |
| Size: | 22,006 members (total) |
| Partof: | Belgian Communist Party |
| Allies: | Partisans Armés (PA) |
| Opponents: | German Occupying Forces |
The Patriotic Militia (French: Milices patriotiques, Dutch; Flemish: Patriotische Militie) was a communist group in the Belgian resistance during the Second World War, affiliated to the Communist Party of Belgium.[1] The Milices were intended to be a mass movement, working alongside the much smaller Partisans Armés (PA) group.[2]
22,006 people are recognized to have been part of the Milices during the war.[3]