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Pierre Jean Marie Laval (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ laval]; 28 June 1883 – 15 October 1945) was a French politician. He served as Prime Minister of France three times: 1931–1932 and 1935–1936 during the Third Republic, and 1942–1944 overseeing the German occupation of France during World War II.
Pierre Laval was a French politician and statesman who led the Vichy government in policies of collaboration with Germany during World War II, for which he was ultimately executed as a traitor to France. A member of the Socialist Party from 1903, Laval became a lawyer in Paris in 1909 and promptly.
Feb 9, 2010 · Pierre Laval, the puppet leader of Nazi-occupied Vichy France, is executed by firing squad for treason against France. Laval, originally a deputy and senator of pacifist...
Pierre Laval, né le 28 juin 1883 à Châteldon (Puy-de-Dôme) et mort exécuté le 15 octobre 1945 à la prison de Fresnes , est un homme d'État français, figure centrale de la collaboration durant l'occupation de la France par l'Allemagne nazie.
May 21, 2018 · Pierre Laval is one of the most intensely controversial figures in recent French history. His detractors portray him as the archvillain of wartime France who sold his countrymen to the Nazis. His admirers claim he is the unsung hero who single-handedly kept French losses to a minimum after April 1942 by playing a double game with the Germans.
Born at Chateldon in the Auvergne in 1889, Pierre Laval began his political career as a revolutionary Socialist. During the first World War he was one of the few who refused to accept the union sacrée of all Frenchmen in the struggle against Germany and consistently advocated a compromise peace instead.
Head of the Vichy government in France during World War II; considered by many to be the evil mastermind of collaboration. Pierre Laval was born in Châteldon, in the Auvergne, to a family of shopkeepers. He did well in school, earning his Certificate of Primary Studies at twelve.
