Did the French have a larger or more effective resistance than their similarly occupied neighbours? Or are they just given better publicity? I always seem to hear much more about resistance in France than other occupied countries.
Follow-up question, if the French resistance wasn't as effective as in other occupied nations, why was it so highly regarded? Was it good PR during the war? Or was it post-war revisionism?
The French Resistance was not the greatest resistance network, I honestly would say it was Yugoslavian Partisans, closely followed by the Polish Resistance.
The Yugoslavians, Lead by Tito, was a Communist resistance which wide spread support from the Allies. Said resistance fought off 7 organised offensives from the Axis powers. The resistance mainly focused on guerrilla tactics, which had great success during the war.
The Polish resistance was another great resistance, which was mainly focused around Warsaw, which was arguably the largest resistance movement in the war. They were also very successful in disrupting German supply lines and providing intelligence to the Allies. There were large retaliation attacks against the Poles, destruction of entire villages and populations due to the success of this resistance movement.
tldr; French resistance is overrated.