Editing Benoît Millet (section)

==World War II: The Resistance and the Shadow War (1939–1945)== 
When war returned to Europe, Millet did not hesitate. He became a cell leader within the French Resistance, using his skills in infiltration, deception, and theft to wage war against the Nazi occupiers. He orchestrated daring raids on German supply depots, stole classified documents, and personally assassinated several high-ranking officers.  

During the war, he occasionally worked with General Francis Marlin Blackthorne, another man who understood the blurred line between war and subterfuge. While fighting for the Resistance, Millet ensured that his greatest treasures—his stolen gems—were smuggled into Switzerland, awaiting a time when he could reclaim them.  

At war’s end, he assisted the Monuments Men in recovering stolen art, though he was careful to keep a fair share of the gems for himself.