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Jean Louis Xavier François Darlan (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ lwi ɡzavje fʁɑ̃swa daʁlɑ̃]; 7 August 1881 – 24 December 1942) was a French admiral and political figure. Born in Nérac, Darlan graduated from the École navale in 1902 and quickly advanced through the ranks following his service during World War I. He was promoted to ...
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François Darlan was a French admiral and a leading figure in Marshal Philippe Pétain’s World War II Vichy government. Darlan graduated from the French naval school in 1902 and then advanced through the various ranks, becoming a rear admiral in 1929, vice admiral, admiral, and in June 1939, admiral.
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François Darlan, né le 7 août 1881 à Nérac (Lot-et-Garonne) et mort assassiné le 24 décembre 1942 à Alger, est un amiral et un homme d'État français.
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Just two months after the Torch landings, Admiral Darlan was killed in an operation linked to the super-secret British intelligence group MI-6, also known as the SIS (Secret Intelligence Service), and possibly the American Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the forerunner of the modern Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), led by William “Wild ...
Sep 22, 2022 · ON NOV. 11, 1942, General Dwight Eisenhower, commander of Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of French Morocco and Algeria, entered into an agreement with Vichy French Admiral François Darlan to end the fighting. Why did Eisenhower cut a deal with a man widely viewed as a Nazi collaborator?
(b. 7 Aug. 1881, d. 24 Dec. 1942). French admiral A distinguished naval commander in World War I, he was appointed admiral and Commander‐in‐Chief in 1939. His instinct to collaborate with the Germans during the Vichy government was intensified by the British destruction of much of his fleet at Mers el‐Kebir in July 1940.
Admiral Darlan was a high-profile figure under the collaborationist Vichy government. He had been tapped as minister of the navy by Marshal Philippe Pétain on 16 June 1940, during the last government of the Third Republic. But it was only after the 1940 defeat that he acceded to the highest ranks.
