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Understandable. The fact you've liked any of it is a big relief. meanwhile my great grandad is illegally selling eggs i make no apologies for what i have done Ahhhh, I wasn't sure and didn't bother checking which is annoying as thats one of the few bits I didn't check. The OAS was an...

Charles Tillon President of the Fourth French Republic 1946-present Communist Pierre Pucheu President of the Fourth French Republic 1946-present Rally For The New Republic The 1946 election was acrimonious and bitter as most expected. It's consequences however were distinctly unexpected. The...

Harold Nicholson and Robert C. Macon Co-Administrators of the Allied Military Government of the Occupied Territory of France 1944-1946 'Nonpartisan' leading Military Government For the remainder of the war, the real business of running France was in the hands of hard-eyed administrators who had...

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Henri Giraud Premier of the French Kingdom 1943-1944 'Nonpartisan' leading Provisional Government Giraud now ruled alone, and with the Free French Organisation folded into his own government, he could now begin the work of constructing the framework of the New France to born after the war...

Henri Giraud and Charles de Gaulle Co-Premiers of the French Kingdom 1943-1943 'Nonpartisan' leading Provisional Government The fall of Darlan and the rise of Giraud was no cause for comfort to de Gaulle and his Free French organisation. Darlan had seemed strong but he was isolated by his...

François Darlan High Commissioner of the French Empire 1942-1943 'Nonpartisan' leading Military Government Once in position, Darlan seized control of the entire French army in North Africa, along with the navy. Another former Vichyite patronised by the Americans, Henri Giraud, took command of...