How did the Resistance view its Allies? Although the Resistance’s existence signaled the maintenance of the Republic’s alliance with the British and Americans, the resistance fighters’ experience on the ground was sometimes difficult and even painful. The challenges encountered by Pierre de Chevigné, General de Gaulle’s envoy to the American government from 1941 to 1943, exemplify the asymmetry of relationships. The Forces Françaises de l’Intérieur, often aided by Allied volunteers, struggled to convince the Allies that they were a legitimate army that had to be protected by the international conventions. At the bottom, however, the « helpers »; who assisted Allied soldiers and downed airmen in returning to their bases in England, had no quarrel with the Allies, not even over the increasing bombardment of towns and villages.