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The Murder Of Admiral Darlan

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Author : Peter Tompkins
language : en
Publisher: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Release Date : 1965

The Murder Of Admiral Darlan written by Peter Tompkins and has been published by London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.

Traces the plots and counterplots that led to the death of Vichy's Fleet Admiral on Christmas Eve 1942, and to the Allied conquest of French North Africa.

Murder Of Admiral Darlan

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Author : Peter Tompkins
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1965

Murder Of Admiral Darlan written by Peter Tompkins and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.

The Murder Of Admiral Darlan By Peter Tompkins

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Author : Peter Tompkins
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1965

The Murder Of Admiral Darlan By Peter Tompkins written by Peter Tompkins and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with categories.

Assassination In Algiers

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Author : Anthony Verrier
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992-05-01

Assassination In Algiers written by Anthony Verrier and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-05-01 with Operation Torch categories.

The Man Who Murdered Admiral Darlan

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Author : Bénédicte Vergez-Chaignon
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2023-07-31

The Man Who Murdered Admiral Darlan written by Bénédicte Vergez-Chaignon and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-31 with History categories.

In November 1942 Anglo-American forces landed in French North Africa, which soon afterwards broke with Marshal Pétain’s Vichy regime in France and re-entered the war on the Allies’ side. On Christmas Eve the high commissioner Admiral François Darlan was assassinated in Algiers. Why? Like the press and public opinion in Britain and America, General Charles de Gaulle’s Free French movement and the resistance in France were appalled that the Allies had allowed Darlan to retain office, even though as prime minister under Pétain he had previously advocated military collaboration with Nazi Germany. Few mourned Darlan’s death, many were relieved, some were jubilant. His killer was Fernand Bonnier de la Chapelle. Who was this twenty year old and what drove him to murder? Bénédicte Vergez-Chaignon paints a sympathetic portrait of the young idealist manipulated by local resistance leaders. As she tells Bonnier’s story, the author illuminates the imbroglio of North Africa’s competing political forces. She traces Bonnier’s short life, the assassination, his court-martial and execution within 48 hours, the subsequent judicial investigations which became bogged down in the complex rivalry between the Allies, the remnants of the Vichy regime, the Resistance and other factions. The story ends with Bonnier’s posthumous rehabilitation and recognition as a member of the French Resistance. Bonnier’s biography reads like an absorbing novel, with its twists and turns, reconstructed dialogue and author’s acute observations. As well as being a tragic human story, It is an illuminating study of the convoluted political context of the affair, which will be unfamiliar to some Anglophone readers. It is an academically rigorous piece of original research, based in part on previously inaccessible family archives Bénédicte Vergez-Chaignon’s story of Darlan’s assassination was received in France as * ‘a shocking book and a historian’s great work’ (Le Patriote Résistant) * ‘a detailed enquiry ... bordering on a detective novel which brings out the conspiratorial atmosphere reigning in Algiers in the wake of the Allied landing of 8 November 1942’ (Le Monde des Livres) * it ‘shows the extent to which the 1940s were years of complete ambiguity’ (Le Figaro Littéraire) * ‘Bénédicte Vergez-Chaignon, a meticulous historian, paints the portrait of a young idealist dying to wash away the stain of defeat’ (Midi Libre).

Darlan

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Author : George Melton
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 1998-05-26

Darlan written by George Melton and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-05-26 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Admiral Jean François Darlan's Western legacy is that of an opportunist, a fascist collaborator, or, at worst, a traitor during France's struggle for survival in the early years of World War II. This study, however, based upon new research from French, English, and German archival sources, paints a different picture. With a career beginning during the height of France's imperial power and lasting until the nation's rapid wartime decline, Darlan was a pragmatic statesman, a guardian of naval preparedness, a stout opponent of fascism, an earnest patron of the Anglo-French Alliance, and an advocate of combined naval power in the Mediterranean. He defended French naval and colonial interests against all foreign powers before and during the war, and his success in this area eventually resulted in his assassination. Darlan's career was characterized by his loyal service to his government and nation. One of the first to recognize the German threat, he openly favored naval rearmament in the early 1930s. He was also instrumental in the success of the 1937 Nyon Conference on Mediterranean security, which was the only prewar military effort against fascist aggression. During the occupation, Darlan pursued diplomacy to ease the burdens of the French people. Yet, these very negotiations with the Germans, along with his bitter reaction to Britain's surprise attack against the French fleet at Mers el-Kéebir, would result in his reputation as an opportunist and a collaborator with the fascists. This examination of the man whose murder would ease the way for Charles de Gaulle will captivate anyone interested in the political intrigues of World War II.

The Assassination Of Admiral Jean Fran Ois Darlan

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Author : Susan K. Green
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973

The Assassination Of Admiral Jean Fran Ois Darlan written by Susan K. Green and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.

Mord F R Frankreich The Murder Of Admiral Darlan Dt Machtkampf Um D Trikolore Darlan De Gaulle Giraud Eisenhower P Tain Churchill Bertr V Tiber Sim Nyi

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Author : Peter Tompkins
language : de
Publisher:
Release Date : 1966

Mord F R Frankreich The Murder Of Admiral Darlan Dt Machtkampf Um D Trikolore Darlan De Gaulle Giraud Eisenhower P Tain Churchill Bertr V Tiber Sim Nyi written by Peter Tompkins and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1966 with categories.

The Enigma Of Admiral Darlan

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Author : Alec De Montmorency
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-10

The Enigma Of Admiral Darlan written by Alec De Montmorency and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10 with categories.

This is a new release of the original 1943 edition.

Le Meurtre De L Amiral Darlan

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Author : Peter Tompkins
language : fr
Publisher:
Release Date : 1966

Le Meurtre De L Amiral Darlan written by Peter Tompkins and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1966 with categories.