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Joseph Darnand (19 March 1897 – 10 October 1945) was a French collaborator with Nazi Germany during World War II.
Joseph Darnand, né le 19 mars 1897 à Coligny et mort fusillé le 10 octobre 1945 au fort de Châtillon, à Fontenay-aux-Roses (Seine, actuel département des Hauts-de-Seine), est un militaire et homme politique français. Il est, sous l'Occupation, une figure majeure de la collaboration française.
Mar 18, 2021 · Joseph Darnand was the minister for interior affairs (“except there’s no interior and no affairs,” quipped de Brinon, according to his biographer Gilbert Joseph).
Joseph Darnand was born in France in 1897. He joined the French Army on the outbreak of the First World War and was awarded seven citations for bravery. After the war Darnand worked as a cabinetmaker before establishing his own transport company in Nice.
One of the new appointees was Joseph Darnand, a former carpenter who received full power over French police, gendarmerie, secret service, militia, and the private armies of...
Nov 18, 2007 · The life of Joseph Darnand – a “hero and condottiere” according to Pierre Giolitto (2005: 102) – appears distinctive, yet typical of many of the Vichy regime’s misguided ways. Already a hero of the First World War, he proved courageous again during the battle of France in 1940, during which he was taken prisoner by the Germans, and ...
Joseph Darnand. French Collaborator. Born: 1897 at Coligny, Ain, Rhone-Alpes. Died: October 10, 1945 at Paris. After distinguished service in the First World War, Darnand eagerly joined a number of right-wing political, paramilitary and terrorist organizations; l'Action Francaise in 1925, les Croix-de-Feu in 1928, la Cagoule and Jacques Doriot ...
