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    Jean Louis Xavier François Darlan (French: [ʒɑ̃ lwi ɡzavje fʁɑ̃swa daʁlɑ̃]; 7 August 1881 – 24 December 1942) was a French admiral and political figure...
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    the Vichy regime, François Darlan's government was unpopular, a victim of the fool's bargain he had made with the Germans. Darlan committed Vichy into...
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    Resistance during World War II. He assassinated Admiral of the Fleet François Darlan, the former chief of government of Vichy France and the high commissioner...
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    compel surrender on the first day. The success of Torch caused Admiral François Darlan, commander of the Vichy French forces, who was in Algiers, to order...
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    Cabinet feared that the ships would fall into Axis hands. Admiral François Darlan, commander of the French Navy, assured the British, even after the...
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    Allied forces and wounding 720. Admiral François Darlan initiated co-operation with the Allies, who recognised Darlan's self-nomination as High Commissioner...
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  • assure safe passage for the landing forces, namely Henri Giraud and François Darlan. Giraud was contacted first, and spoke with General Dwight Eisenhower...
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    Laval. He occupied that position for only two months. He was ousted by François Darlan in January 1941. After the Liberation of France, Flandin was put on...
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    installation of a pro-British government. During this conflict, Admiral François Darlan allowed German aircraft to use Vichy airfields in Syria for attacks...
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    after Operation Torch (November 1942) following the assassination of François Darlan. In January 1943, he took part in the Casablanca Conference along with...
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    under the Armistice of 1940. The Vichy Secretary of the Navy, Admiral François Darlan, defected to the Allies, who were gaining increasing support from servicemen...
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    his successive deputies, Laval, Pierre-Étienne Flandin, or Admiral François Darlan, gave significant resistance to requests by the Germans to indirectly...
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    Naval Armies. The only Amiral de la Flotte (Admiral of the Fleet) was François Darlan after he was refused the dignity of Admiral of France. Equivalent to...
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    Raphaël Alibert, Marcel Peyrouton, Paul Baudouin, Yves Bouthillier, and François Darlan. He died on 11 November 1941, when his aircraft crashed near Le Vigan...
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  • Churchill. Admiral François Darlan had landed in Algiers the day before Operation Torch. Roosevelt and Churchill accepted Darlan, rather than de Gaulle...
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    However, Admiral François Darlan, the commander of all French forces, was in Algiers on a private visit. Juin insisted on contacting Darlan, and Murphy was...
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  • Gaulle Prime Minister(s) Édouard Daladier Paul Reynaud Philippe Pétain Pierre Laval Pierre-Étienne Flandin François Darlan Charles de Gaulle Chronology...
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  • 1941. Although not ratified, the protocols were implemented. Admiral François Darlan represented the French and the German ambassador to France, Otto Abetz...
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    experts such as Jacques Rueff, Charles Rist and Adéodat Boissard. André François-Poncet was appointed as Laval's Under-Secretary and then as ambassador...
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    toll of the Nazi occupation on the Marne department. In 1942, Admiral François Darlan offered him the Ministry of Agriculture, which Bousquet twice refused...
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  • Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle, assassinates Vichy French Admiral François Darlan in Algiers, Algeria. 1943 – World War II: U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower...
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    Carrel Jacques Charpentier [fr] Henry Coston Pierre-Antoine Cousteau François Darlan Louis Darquier de Pellepoix Marcel Déat Charles du Paty de Clam Pierre-Étienne...
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    Generals Mark Clark and Dwight Eisenhower compelled Vichy Admiral François Darlan and General Alphonse Juin to order the cessation on 10–11 November...
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    Carrel Jacques Charpentier [fr] Henry Coston Pierre-Antoine Cousteau François Darlan Louis Darquier de Pellepoix Marcel Déat Charles du Paty de Clam Pierre-Étienne...
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  • François Darlan (1881-1942) was a French admiral and political figure. Darlan may also refer to: Darlan Cunha (born 1985), Brazilian actor Darlan Romani...
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    Vichy against the Paris Protocols of 28 May 1941, signed by Admiral François Darlan. These agreements authorized the Axis powers to establish bases in...
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  • Carrel Jacques Charpentier [fr] Henry Coston Pierre-Antoine Cousteau François Darlan Louis Darquier de Pellepoix Marcel Déat Charles du Paty de Clam Pierre-Étienne...
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    the Vichy State was "both illegal and illegitimate". Socialist President François Mitterrand, in his turn refused to acknowledge the responsibility of the...
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    French maritime forces" which acted as such for the time of war. Admiral Darlan thus became commander-in-chief of the French maritime forces before being...
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    Carrel Jacques Charpentier [fr] Henry Coston Pierre-Antoine Cousteau François Darlan Louis Darquier de Pellepoix Marcel Déat Charles du Paty de Clam Pierre-Étienne...
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