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Born December 16, 1888 • Annaba • Algeria
Died January 27, 1967 (aged 78) • Paris • France
Role In North Africa campaigns • Vichy France • World War II
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Marie-Pierre Koenig
French military officer
Giraud, Henri
Henri Giraud
French military officer
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
president of France
Philippe Petain in military uniform and decorated cap, facing the camera with a neutral expression and a large mustache.
Philippe Pétain
French general
De Lattre
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
French military officer
Pierre Laval.
Pierre Laval
French politician and statesman
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Jacques Chaban-Delmas
French politician
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Maxime Weygand
French general
Camille Chautemps.
Camille Chautemps
French politician
Gamelin, Maurice
Maurice Gamelin
French army commander
Jean Moulin
Jean Moulin
French resistance leader
General Christian de Castries in uniform salutes while reviewing French soldiers standing in formation outdoors in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Christian de Castries
French military officer
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Pierre-Étienne Flandin
French politician
Georges Catroux.
Georges Catroux
French general and diplomat
The elevation of Marc Bloch to the Pantheon
Marc Bloch
French historian
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Georges Bidault
prime minister of France
Paul Reynaud, 1940.
Paul Reynaud
premier of France
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Louis Darquier de Pellepoix
French politician
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Pierre Brossolette
French journalist
Simone Weil.
Simone Weil
French philosopher

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