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Born October 15, 1878 • France
Died September 21, 1966 (aged 87) • Paris • France
Title / Office prime minister (1940-1940), France
Role In Battle for Castle Itter • Munich Agreement • World War II

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

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