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Pierre Jean Marie Laval (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ laval]; 28 June 1883 – 15 October 1945) was a French politician. During the Third Republic, he served as Prime Minister of France from 1931 to 1932 and from 1935 to 1936. He again occupied the post during the German occupation, from 1942 to 1944.
Jun 24, 2024 · Pierre Laval (born June 28, 1883, Châteldon, France—died Oct. 15, 1945, Paris) 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.
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.
BIBLIOGRAPHY. 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.
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.
