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Fernand de Brinon: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born August 26, 1885 • Libourne • France
Died April 15, 1947 (aged 61) • Montrouge • France
Role In Vichy France • World War II

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Brinon, 1940
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Malcolm Muggeridge
British journalist and social critic
Philippe Petain in military uniform and decorated cap, facing the camera with a neutral expression and a large mustache.
Philippe Pétain
French general
The elevation of Marc Bloch to the Pantheon
Marc Bloch
French historian
Pierre Laval.
Pierre Laval
French politician and statesman
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Louis Darquier de Pellepoix
French politician
Camille Chautemps.
Camille Chautemps
French politician
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Pierre Brossolette
French journalist
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Alphonse Juin
French general
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Pierre-Étienne Flandin
French politician
Alfred Rosenberg
Alfred Rosenberg
German Nazi leader
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Hans Fritzsche
German journalist
Richard Sorge.
Richard Sorge
German journalist
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
president of France
Simone Weil.
Simone Weil
French philosopher
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Jacques Chaban-Delmas
French politician
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Georges Bidault
prime minister of France
Paul Reynaud, 1940.
Paul Reynaud
premier of France
World War II: liberation of Paris
Jacques-Philippe Leclerc
French general
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Maxime Weygand
French general
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Félix Éboué
governor general of French Equatorial Africa

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