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At a meeting of the Anglo-French Supreme War Council on 22 September 1939, Darlan sided with the British in opposing Daladier's plans to take the Armée du Levant from Beirut to Thessaloniki with the aim of opening a second front in the Balkans as a way to aid Poland.
François Darlan, né le 7 août 1881 à Nérac (Lot-et-Garonne) et mort assassiné le 24 décembre 1942 à Alger, est un amiral et un homme d'État français.
François Darlan was a French admiral and a leading figure in Marshal Philippe Pétain’s World War II Vichy government. Darlan graduated from the French naval school in 1902 and then advanced through the various ranks, becoming a rear admiral in 1929, vice admiral, admiral, and in June 1939, admiral.
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Oct 15, 2021 · Jérôme Prieur dresse un portrait minutieux de ce personnage opportuniste qui fera basculer l’Etat français dans une étroite collaboration avec l’Allemagne.
Sep 30, 2015 · Admiral Darlan was a high-profile figure under the collaborationist Vichy government. He had been tapped as minister of the navy by Marshal Philippe Pétain on 16 June 1940, during the last government of the Third Republic.
Directeur de cabinet du ministre de la Marine de 1925 à 1934, il dirige de 1934 à 1936 l’escadre de l’Atlantique et est nommé chef d’état-major de la Marine par Blum, séduit par cet amiral républicain.
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French admiral A distinguished naval commander in World War I, he was appointed admiral and Commander‐in‐Chief in 1939. His instinct to collaborate with the Germans during the Vichy government was intensified by the British destruction of much of his fleet at Mers el‐Kebir in July 1940.
