DARLAN, JEAN FRANÇOIS

zhäN fräNswäˈ därläNˈ, 1881–1942, French admiral. A career naval officer, he became commander of the French navy in 1939 and joined the Vichy government (see under Vichy) in 1940 as minister of the navy. After the fall of Pierre Laval, Darlan was made (Feb., 1941) vice premier, foreign minister, and successor-designate to Marshal Pétain; he was the actual head of government. Laval returned to power in Apr., 1942; Darlan lost his cabinet posts but was given command of the French armed forces. In Algiers during the Allied landing (Nov. 7, 1942) in North Africa, Darlan ordered the cessation of French resistance to the Allies. Although publicly repudiated by Pétain, he assumed control over French N and W Africa in the marshal's name and brought them to the side of the Allies. He was assassinated in December. He was succeeded as high commissioner by Gen. H. H. Giraud.

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books on: Darlan Jean FranCois  - 232 results

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Jean Cocteau: A Biography
Book by Margaret Crosland; Alfred A. Knopf, 1956
Subjects: Cocteau, Jean--1889-1963
...rapturous and querulous society of his literary protector, Jean Cocteau, and spent the nights at an hotel near the Luxembourg...real decadence here belongs to Mr. Hemingway. Unexpectedly Francois Mauriac has come to the rescue of Radiguet by including him...
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In Search of France
Book by Stanley Hoffmann, Charles P. Kindleberger, Laurence Wylie, Jesse R. Pitts, Jean-Baptiste Duroselle, François Goguel; Harvard University Press, 1963
Subjects: France--Politics And Government--1945-, France--Social Conditions, National Characteristics, French
...JESSE R. PITTS JEAN-BAPTISTE DUROSELLE FRANCOIS GOGUEL IN SEARCH...Jesse R. Pitts, Jean-Baptiste Duroselle, and Francois Goguel, 1963. Harvard...translated the chapters by Jean-Baptiste Duroselle and Francois Goguel. In the other...
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Pierre Mendaes France
Book by Jean Lacouture; Holmes & Meier, 1984
Subjects: France--Politics and government--1945-1958, France--Politics and government--1958-, Mendes-France, Pierre--1907-, Prime ministers--France--Biography, Statesmen--France--Biography
...conversation with Jean Lacouture, 1976 CONTENTS...France by President Francois Mitterand 460...for the extreme right, Jean Legendre, warned against...the MRP. But then Francois Billoux, deputy from...education minister, Francois Albert, the epitome...
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Book by Jean Darby; Lerner, 2004
Subjects: Eisenhower, Dwight D--(Dwight David)--1890-1969--Juvenile Literature, Generals--United States--Biography--Juvenile Literature, Presidents--United States--Biography--Juvenile Literature, United States--Army--Biography--Juvenile Literature, United States--Politics And Government--1953-1961--Juvenile Literature
...admiral and Nazi sympathizer named Jean-Francois Darlan would lead the government. Eisenhower...and he had to make a decision. Darlan could hold the French and Arab...The arrange- ment, called the Darlan Deal, was very controversial and...
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Leon Blum
Book by Jean Lacouture, George Holoch; Holmes & Meier, 1982
Subjects: France--Politics And Government--20th Century, Statesmen--France--Biography
...the body of the assassinated Jean Jaures, saw Barres approach...family settled in Vitry-le-Francois, where the father taught. When...Socialist Workers Party of Jean Allemane. Why that one, and...helped to make him what he was: Jean Jaures. But he had already woven...
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journal articles on: Darlan Jean FranCois  - 3 results

 
 
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Free France, the British Government and the Future of French Indo-China, 1940-45
Journal article by Martin Thomas; Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 28, 1997
Subjects: France--Relations with Southeast Asia, Indochina--History, United Kingdom--Relations with Southeast Asia
...Marine, Admiral Jean-Francois Darlan, who retained overall...Deputy-Premier, Admiral Darlan and Japanese Ambassador...work of Commandant Jean Escarra, former...scanty. Neither Francois Kersaudys Churchill...excellent new study by Jean-Louis Cremieux-Brilhac...
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The Preserving Machine: The "New" Museum and Working Through Trauma -- the Musée Mémorial Pour La Paix of Caen
Journal article by Benjamin C. Brower; History and Memory, Vol. 11, 1999
Subjects: Historiography, History, History--Philosophy
...Vichy officials -- Petain, Darlan, Laval, Doriot -- in which...devoted to him, photographs of Jean Moulin and a narration of his...articulation. 12. Jean-Pierre Azema and Henry...collaboration has to be sincere." Darlan: "To justify before public opinion...
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The French Churches and the Jewish Question: July 1940 -- March 1941
Journal article by Jacques Adler; The Australian Journal of Politics and History, Vol. 46, 2000
Subjects: Catholic Church--Relations with Judaism, France--History, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Religious aspects, Papal documents--Criticism, interpretation, etc., We Remember, a Reflection on the Shoah (Papal document)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., World War, 1939-1945--Religious aspects
...letter to Admiral Francois Darlan in which he stated...Alexandre Safran (Jean Ancel ed.), Resisting...protests in 1938, see Francois Deipech, "La persecution...1990), p. 30. (43) Jean-Pierre Azema, De...student days, see Francois Delpech, "La persecution...


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Correspondence
Magazine article; The American Prospect, Vol. 12, June 18, 2001
...had not assassinated Admiral Jean Francois Darlan in 1942, "the Allies never would...well-established in North Africa when Darlan was killed, and most historians...most recent French discussion of Darlans assassination, by Michael Junot...
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Kill This Idea
Magazine article by Jason Vest; The American Prospect, Vol. 12, May 7, 2001
Subjects: Assassination--Political aspects, Barr, Bob--Political activity
...their collaborators; a convincing case can be made, for example, that if the OSS hadnt taken out Vichys Admiral Jean Francois Darlan, the Allies never would have gotten a foothold in North Africa. But in the 15 years following World War II, the...


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newspaper articles on: Darlan Jean FranCois  - 3 results

 
 
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THE GREAT DECEIT; on Christmas Eve, 1942, an Unexpected Visit by French President De Gaulle Caught Scotland on the Hop. Was It a Social Call. or Something More Sinister?
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), December 24, 2005
Subjects: Gaulle, Charles de
...Commissioner of Algeria, Admiral Jean-Francois Darlan, was assassinated by a young Gaullist...former Vichy supporters such as Darlan should play no part in shaping...General de Gaulles perspective, the Darlan problem was equally personal. Despite...
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Time Travel with the Stars; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 6, 1996
...command of collaborator Admiral Jean Francois Darlan. Its presence was a serious threat...Somerville, on HMS Hood, presented Darlan with an ultimatum: his ships must...themselves within six hours. Darlan refused and the British Navy launched...
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More French Than France
Newspaper article by Colin Walters; The Washington Times, April 16, 2000
Subjects: France, New York
...Paris in early 1940. At school in Manhattan, he read Jean Racines "Berenice," telling of the new Roman emperor...Americans found common cause with the collaborationist Adm. Francois Darlan and preferred Gen. Henri Giraud to Charles de Gaulle...


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encyclopedia articles on: Darlan Jean FranCois  - 3 results

 
 
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Darlan, Jean FranÇois
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
DARLAN, JEAN FRANCOIS zhaN fraNswa darlaN , 1881 1942, French admiral. A career naval officer, he became...1940 as minister of the navy. After the fall of Pierre Laval , Darlan was made (Feb., 1941) vice premier, foreign minister, and successor-designate...
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Vichy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...government, which was never recognized by the Allies, became a German tool in the hands of such men as Pierre Laval and Jean Francois Darlan, although German expectations were never completely satisfied. When the Allies invaded North Africa in Nov., 1942...
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France
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...leaders were Laval and Darlan ), which became a German...defeated Socialist leader Francois Mitterrand in a close...right-wing candidate, Jean-Marie Le Pen , ran on...right-wing nationalist Jean-Marie Le Pen. Jospin resigned...three fifths of the seats. Jean-Pierre Raffarin was...


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