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Born June 20, 1899 • Béziers • France
Died July 8, 1943 (aged 44) • Metz • France
Role In World War II • Resistance

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Marc Bloch
French historian
Jacques Chaban-Delmas
French politician
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
president of France
Marie-Pierre Koenig
French military officer
Giraud, Henri
Henri Giraud
French military officer
Georges Catroux.
Georges Catroux
French general and diplomat
Simone Weil.
Simone Weil
French philosopher
Georges Bidault
prime minister of France
Pierre Brossolette
French journalist
Alphonse Juin
French general
De Lattre
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
French military officer
Philippe Pétain
Philippe Pétain
French general
Pierre Laval.
Pierre Laval
French politician and statesman
Paul Reynaud, 1940.
Paul Reynaud
premier of France
Louis Darquier de Pellepoix
French politician
Maxime Weygand
French general
Camille Chautemps.
Camille Chautemps
French politician
Déat, c. 1940
Marcel Déat
French politician
Gamelin, Maurice
Maurice Gamelin
French officer
Christian de Castries.
Christian de Castries
French military officer

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