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Also Known As Marc Léopold Benjamin Bloch
Born July 6, 1886 • Lyon • France
Died June 16, 1944 (aged 57) • near Lyon • France
Founder “Annales: Histoire, Sciences Sociales” • Annales school
Notable Works “Feudal Society” • “The Historian’s Craft”
Subjects Of Study Middle Ages • Europe • France • feudalism • historiography • rural society
Role In World War II • Resistance
Simone Weil.
Simone Weil
French philosopher
Jacques Chaban-Delmas
French politician
Georges Bidault
prime minister of France
Marie-Pierre Koenig
French military officer
Pierre Brossolette
French journalist
Jean Moulin
French resistance leader
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
president of France
Philippe Pétain
Philippe Pétain
French general
Lucien Paul Victor Febvre
French historian
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
Alphonse Juin
French general
De Lattre
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
French military officer
Pierre-Étienne Flandin
French politician

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