Robert Brasillach

Robert Brasillach

male, deceased (1945)
death by firearm in France, French Resistance, writer, fascist, Alumni of the École Normale Supérieure, French…liberation of paris, vichy france, fallofFrance, reunited France
Robert Brasillach was a French pro-Nazi Germany author in the Vichy France who was executed for collaboration. Born in Perpignan, he studied at the...
Erich Hoepner

Erich Hoepner

male, deceased (1944)
German military personnel of World War II, German Military, From Brandenburg, Recipient of the Knight's Cross, July 20 Plot, Battle of Moscow…fallofFrance, Recipient of the Iron Cross, treaty of versailles
Erich Hoepner (September 14, 1886 - August 8, 1944) was a German general in World War II. A successful panzer leader, Hoepner was executed after...
Olivier Messiaen

Olivier Messiaen

male, deceased (1992)
technique de mon language musical 1944, Turangalila Symphony, livre d'orgue, Jeune France, from Avignon/Vaucluse, born 10.12.1908…Battle of France, fallofFrance, modes of limited transposition, born in Avignon, France, University of Avignon
Olivier Messiaen was a French composer, organist, and ornithologist. He entered the Paris Conservatoire at the age of 11, and numbered Paul Dukas,...

Eugène Deloncle

male, deceased (1944)
Republican, World War II, Alumni of the École Polytechnique, German, fascist, assassination…legion of honor, vichy france, Military history of France during World War II, fallofFrance, period of occupation
Eugène Deloncle was a French engineer and Fascist leader, and the adoptive father of Jacques Corrèze. A graduate of the École Polytechnique, Del...
Paul Legentilhomme

Paul Legentilhomme

male, deceased (1975)
World War II, Free French, World War I, fallofFrance, French, Croix de guerre recipient
Paul Legentilhomme (born 1884; died 1975) was an officer in the French Army during World War I and World War II. After the fall of France in 1940,...
Marcel Bucard

Marcel Bucard

male, deceased (1946)
Coup D'etat, far right, World War I, French, Nazi Germany, chatillon…vichy france, Military history of France during World War II, fallofFrance
Marcel Bucard (December 7 1895, Saint-Clair-sur-Epte-March 13 1946, Fort of Châtillon) was a French Fascist politician. A soldier in World War I, B...
Henry Royds Pownall

Henry Royds Pownall

male, deceased (1961)
briton, fallofFrance, Louis Mountbatten, British Expeditionary Force, fall of singapore, chief of staff…Military of Singapore under British rule
Lieutenant General Sir Henry Royds Pownall (1887-1961) was a British general, who held several important command and Staff appointments during...

Jean de Laborde

male
Haute cour de justice, Darlan, Auphan, Épuration légale, battleship Strasbourg, French battleship Strasbourg…scuttling of the French fleet in Toulon, fallofFrance, vichy france
Jean de Laborde was a French Vichyst admiral, famous for the scuttling of the French fleet in Toulon. As a vice-admiral, Laborde was chief of the...
Roland Beamont

Roland Beamont

male, deceased (2001)
World War II, British Military, Recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross, aviator, World War II flying ace, nightfighting…Society of Experimental Test Pilot, Order of the British Empire, Battle of France, fallofFrance, Recipient of US Distinguished Flying Cross
Wing Commander Roland Prosper "Bee" Beamont, CBE, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar, DFC (US), Croix de Guerre (Belgium), FRAeS, SETP (Hon. Fell.), (born August...