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Paul Reynaud

Paul Reynaud
Paul Reynaud (1940)
Prime Minister of France
In office
21 March 1940 – 16 June 1940
PresidentAlbert Lebrun
DeputyPhilippe Pétain
Preceded byÉdouard Daladier
Succeeded byPhilippe Pétain
Deputy Prime Minister of France
In office
28 June 1953 – 12 June 1954
Prime MinisterJoseph Laniel
Preceded byHenri Queuille
Succeeded byGuy Mollet
In office
20 February 1932 – 10 May 1932
Prime MinisterAndré Tardieu
Preceded byLucien Hubert
Succeeded byAlbert Dalimier
Minister responsible for Relations with Partner States and the Far East
In office
2 July 1950 – 4 July 1950
Prime MinisterHenri Queuille
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byJean Letourneau
Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs
In office
26 July 1948 – 28 August 1948
Prime MinisterAndré Marie
Preceded byRené Mayer
Succeeded byChristian Pineau
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
5 June 1940 – 16 June 1940
Prime MinisterHimself
Preceded byÉdouard Daladier
Succeeded byPhilippe Pétain
In office
21 March 1940 – 18 May 1940
Prime MinisterHimself
Preceded byÉdouard Daladier
Succeeded byÉdouard Daladier
Minister of National Defence and War
In office
18 May 1940 – 16 June 1940
Prime MinisterHimself
Preceded byÉdouard Daladier
Succeeded byMaxime Weygand
Minister of Finance
In office
1 November 1938 – 21 March 1940
Prime MinisterÉdouard Daladier
Preceded byPaul Marchandeau
Succeeded byLucien Lamoureux
In office
2 March 1930 – 4 December 1930
Prime MinisterAndré Tardieu
Preceded byCharles Dumont
Succeeded byLouis Germain-Martin
Minister of Justice
In office
12 April 1938 – 1 November 1938
Prime MinisterÉdouard Daladier
Preceded byMarc Rucart
Succeeded byPaul Marchandeau
In office
20 February 1932 – 3 June 1932
Prime MinisterAndré Tardieu
Preceded byLéon Bérard
Succeeded byRené Renoult
Minister of the Colonies
In office
27 February 1931 – 6 February 1932
Prime MinisterPierre Laval
Preceded byThéodore Steeg
Succeeded byLouis de Chappedelaine
Personal details
Born
Jean Paul Reynaud

(1878-10-15)15 October 1878
Barcelonnette, Basses-Alpes, France
Died21 September 1966(1966-09-21) (aged 87)
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Political partyDemocratic Republican Alliance
(1901–1949)
National Centre of Independents and Peasants
(1949–1966)
Spouse(s)Jeanne Henri-Robert
(1912–1949)
Christiane Mabire
(1949–1966)
ChildrenColette
Serge
Evelyne
Alexandre
Alma materHEC Paris

Paul Reynaud (French: [pɔl ʁɛno]; 15 October 1878 – 21 September 1966) was a French politician and lawyer prominent in the interwar period, noted for his economic liberalism and vocal opposition to Nazi Germany.

Reynaud opposed the Munich Agreement of September 1938, when France and the United Kingdom gave way before Hitler's proposals for the dismemberment of Czechoslovakia.[1] After the outbreak of World War II, Reynaud became the penultimate Prime Minister of the Third Republic in March 1940. He was also vice-president of the Democratic Republican Alliance center-right party. Reynaud was Prime Minister during the German defeat of France in May and June 1940; he persistently refused to support an armistice with Germany and unsuccessfully attempted to save France from German occupation in World War II,[2] and resigned on 16 June.

After unsuccessfully attempting to flee France, he was arrested by Philippe Pétain's administration. Surrendering to German custody in 1942, he was imprisoned in Germany and later Austria until liberation in 1945, where he was released after the Battle of Itter Castle in which one of the leaders, German Major Josef Gangl, declared a hero by the Austrian resistance, took a sniper's bullet to save Reynaud.[3][4][5][6][7]

Elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1946, he became a prominent figure again in French political life, serving in several cabinet positions. He favoured a United States of Europe, and participated in drafting the constitution for the Fifth Republic, but resigned from government in 1962 after disagreement with President de Gaulle over changes to the electoral system.

Early life and politics

Reynaud was born in Barcelonnette, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, the son of Alexandre and Amelie (née Gassier) Reynaud. His father had made a fortune in the textile industry, enabling Reynaud to study law at the Sorbonne. He entered politics and was elected to the French Chamber of Deputies from 1919 to 1924, representing Basses-Alpes, and again from 1928, representing a Paris district. Although he was first elected as part of the conservative "Blue Horizon"[8] bloc in 1919, Reynaud shortly thereafter switched his allegiance to the centre-right Democratic Republican Alliance party, later becoming its vice-president.

In the 1920s, Reynaud developed a reputation for laxity on German reparations, at a time when many in the French government backed harsher terms for Germany. In the 1930s during the Great Depression, particularly after 1933, Reynaud's stance hardened against the Germans at a time when all nations were struggling economically. Reynaud backed a strong alliance with the United Kingdom and, unlike many others on the French Right, better relations with the Soviet Union as a counterweight against the Germans.[9]: 517 

Reynaud held several cabinet posts in the early 1930s, but he clashed with members of his party after 1932 over French foreign and defense policy. In June 1934, Reynaud defended in the Chamber of Deputies the need to devalue the French franc, whose belonging to the gold standard was increasingly harmful for the French economy, but in those years French public opinion was opposed to any devaluation.[10]

He was not given another cabinet position until 1938. Like Winston Churchill, Reynaud was a maverick in his party and often alone in his calls for rearmament and resistance to German aggrandizement. Reynaud was a supporter of Charles de Gaulle's theories of mechanized warfare in contrast to the static defense doctrines that were in vogue among many of his countrymen, symbolized by the Maginot Line. He strongly opposed appeasement in the run-up to the Second World War. He also clashed with his party on economic policy, backing the devaluation of the franc as a solution to France's economic woes. Pierre Étienne Flandin, the leader of the Democratic Republican Alliance, agreed with several of Reynaud's key policy stances, particularly on Reynaud's defence of economic liberalism. The franc was devalued, in a range between 25% and 34%, by the Popular Front government presided by Leon Blum on 1 October 1936.[11]

Return to government

Reynaud returned to the cabinet in 1938 as Minister of Justice under Édouard Daladier. The Sudeten Crisis, which began not long after Reynaud was named Minister of Justice, again revealed the divide between Reynaud and the rest of the Alliance Démocratique; Reynaud adamantly opposed abandoning the Czechs to the Germans, while Flandin felt that allowing Germany to expand eastward would inevitably lead to a conflict with the Soviets that would weaken both. Reynaud publicly made his case, and in response Flandin pamphleted Paris in order to pressure the government to agree to Hitler's demands.[9]: 519  Reynaud subsequently left his party to become an independent. However, Reynaud still had the support of Daladier, whose politique de fermeté ("policy of firmness") was very similar to Reynaud's notion of deterrence.

Reynaud, however, had always wanted the Finance ministry. He endorsed radically liberal economic policies in order to draw France's economy out of stagnation, centered on a massive program of deregulation, including the elimination of the forty-hour work week.[9]: 503  The notion of deregulation was very popular among France's businessmen, and Reynaud believed that it was the best way for France to regain investors' confidence again and escape the stagnation its economy had fallen into. The collapse of Léon Blum's government in 1938 was a response to Blum's attempt to expand the regulatory powers of the French government; there was therefore considerable support in the French government for an alternative approach like Reynaud's.

Paul Marchandeau, Daladier's first choice for finance minister, offered a limited program of economic reform that was not to Daladier's satisfaction; Reynaud and Marchandeau swapped portfolios, and Reynaud went ahead with his radical liberalization reforms. Reynaud's reforms were implemented, and the government faced down a one-day strike in opposition. Reynaud addressed France's business community, arguing that "We live in a capitalist system. For it to function we must obey its laws. These are the laws of profits, individual risk, free markets, and growth by competition."[9]: 504  With Reynaud as Minister of Finance, the confidence of the investors returned and the French economy recovered.[12] Reynaud's reforms involved a massive austerity program (although armament measures were not cut). At the outbreak of war, however, Reynaud was not bullish on France's economy; he felt that the massive increase in spending that a war entailed would stamp out France's recovery.

The French Right was ambivalent about the war in late 1939 and early 1940, feeling that the Soviets rather than Nazi Germany were the greater long-term threat.[9]: 522–523  Daladier regarded the war with Germany as the greater priority and so refused to send aid to the Finns, who were under attack from the USSR, then loosely allied to Germany, in the Winter War. News that the Finns had sued for peace in March 1940 prompted Flandin and Pierre Laval to hold secret sessions of the legislature that denounced Daladier's actions; the government fell on 19 March. The government named Reynaud Prime Minister of France two days later.

Prime minister, resignation, and arrest

Appointment

Despite Reynaud's growing popularity, the Chamber of Deputies elected him as Premier by a narrow margin of just one vote, with most of his own party abstaining. Notably, over half of the votes in Reynaud's favour came from the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) party. Given the significant support from the left and opposition from many right-wing parties, Reynaud's government faced considerable instability. Many on the right called for Reynaud to shift focus from Germany to the Soviet Union.[9]: 524  Additionally, the Chamber mandated[how?] that Daladier, whom Reynaud personally blamed for France's weaknesses, serve as Reynaud's Minister of National Defence and War.

One of Reynaud's initial actions was attending a meeting of the Anglo-French Supreme War Council in London on 28 March 1940. The meeting culminated in a declaration with British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, stating that neither country would seek a separate peace. The joint communiqué asserted, "Both Governments mutually undertake that during the present war they will neither negotiate nor conclude an armistice or treaty of peace except by mutual agreement. They undertake to maintain after conclusion of peace a community of action for so long as may be necessary".[13]

On 15 June 1940, the French cabinet rejected a British proposal—conceived by Jean Monnet and supported by De Gaulle—for a union between France and Britain.[14] Reynaud abandoned the idea of a "long war strategy" based on attrition. To divert German attention from France, Reynaud considered expanding the war to the Balkans or Northern Europe. He played a key role in initiating the Allied campaign in Norway, although it ended in failure. Following Britain's decision to withdraw on 26 April, Reynaud travelled to London to personally urge the British to continue their fight in Norway.[9]: 533 

The German breakthrough

The Battle of France began less than two months after Reynaud assumed office. The initial German attack in early May 1940 severely damaged French defences, and Paris was under threat. On 15 May, just five days after the invasion began, Reynaud reached out to Churchill and famously remarked, "We have been defeated... we are beaten; we have lost the battle... The front is broken near Sedan." The dire state of French equipment and morale was underscored by a postcard found on the body of an officer who had committed suicide in Le Mans. The postcard read: "I am killing myself Mr President[15] to let you know that all my men were brave, but one cannot send men to fight tanks with rifles."[16]

On 18 May, Reynaud dismissed Commander-in-Chief Maurice Gamelin and replaced him with Maxime Weygand.[17]

On 26 May, Reynaud attended a meeting in London with Churchill. During the meeting, Churchill informed the War Cabinet that Reynaud had declared the French military situation as hopeless. Reynaud stated he had no intention of signing a separate peace with Germany but might be compelled to resign, leaving the possibility that others in the French government could sign such a treaty. Churchill also mentioned that he did not rule out talks with Mussolini, who was still neutral at that time. Later that day, Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax met with Reynaud before his return to France. This marked the beginning of the British May 1940 War Cabinet Crisis, where Halifax supported what was known as "the Reynaud Option"—exploring negotiations with the Italians for acceptable peace terms, potentially involving concessions in the Mediterranean. However, Churchill ultimately overruled Halifax.[18]: 217 

On 28 May, Churchill sent a telegram to Reynaud confirming that there would be no immediate approach to Mussolini, although the option remained open. Mussolini had already rejected an overture by President Roosevelt based on suggestions from Britain and France. It was also revealed on 28 May that Italy was preparing to enter the war on Germany's side, which would occur on 10 June.[18]: 223–227 

In early June, Charles de Gaulle, whom Reynaud had long supported and one of the few French commanders to achieve success against the Germans in May 1940, was promoted to brigadier general and appointed undersecretary of war.[17]

Support for an armistice; Reynaud's resignation

Reynaud wavered somewhat upon his return from London on 26 May but remained committed to continuing the fight. However, he was unable to convince enough of his colleagues to support this stance.[19]: 138–142  Italy entered the war on 10 June, and on the same day, General Weygand, the Commander-in-Chief, stormed into Reynaud's office and demanded an armistice. That night, around 11 pm, Reynaud and de Gaulle left Paris for Tours, with the rest of the government following the next day. De Gaulle was unable to persuade Reynaud to dismiss Weygand.[20]: 195–196 

At the Anglo-French conference held at the Château du Muguet in Briare on 11–12 June, Churchill urged the French to continue fighting, either from Brittany, French North Africa, or through guerrilla warfare. However, he faced strong resistance from Deputy Prime Minister Marshal Pétain. By the Cabinet meeting on the evening of 12 June, it was evident that a significant faction was pushing for an armistice, leading to the decision to relocate the government to Bordeaux rather than retreat to a fortified Brittany.[20]: 197–198 

During the subsequent Anglo-French conference in Tours on 13 June, Reynaud requested to be released from the agreement he had made with Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain in March 1940, so that France could pursue an armistice. Churchill expressed understanding but did not agree with the request. That evening, Pétain, who strongly supported Weygand's call for an armistice, announced his intention to remain in France to share the suffering of the French people and begin a national renewal.[20]: 199–201  President Albert Lebrun refused Reynaud's resignation on 13 June.[20]: 204–205 

Edward Spears noted that Reynaud was under immense stress starting the evening of 13 June. Paul Baudouin and Marie-Joseph Paul de Villelume, along with Reynaud's mistress, the Comtesse Hélène de Portes—a Fascist sympathizer—were pressuring him to seek an armistice.[19]: 138–142 [21] On 14 June, Villelume and de Portes met with American diplomat Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr. and stated that France had no choice but to seek an armistice, although Biddle was sceptical of their claims.[19] : 138–142 

At the Cabinet meeting on 15 June, Reynaud proposed that France follow the Dutch example and lay down its arms to continue the fight from abroad. Pétain showed some sympathy for this idea,[22]: 82–86  and he was sent to speak with General Weygand,[23]: 325–327  who argued that this would be a dishonourable surrender. Chautemps then suggested a compromise of inquiring about terms,[22]: 82–86  which the Cabinet approved by a vote of 13–6. Reynaud attempted to resign on the spot but was vehemently opposed by Lebrun. Admiral Darlan, who had previously opposed an armistice, agreed to it on the condition that the French fleet remained out of German hands.[23]: 325–327  On the same day, Reynaud threw two glasses of water at de Portes during dinner after discovering a key telegram in her bed, which had gone missing.[19]: 138–142 

On 16 June, de Portes was frequently seen at Reynaud's office, leading US diplomats to suspect her presence was significant.[19] : 138–142  President Roosevelt's reply to Reynaud's inquiry, indicating limited assistance without Congressional approval, was received that morning.[22]: 82–86  Churchill's telegram, also received on 16 June, proposed an armistice if the French fleet was moved to British ports—a condition unacceptable to Darlan, who feared it would leave France defenseless.[22]: 82–86  That afternoon, de Gaulle was in London discussing a proposed Franco-British Union—a plan hastily put together by Churchill and his advisers to support Reynaud against those favouring an armistice and to keep France, especially its naval fleet, in the war alongside Britain. De Gaulle called Reynaud to inform him of the British Cabinet's agreement to the proposal, reporting that "a sensational declaration" was imminent. Time was critical, and de Gaulle dictated the "Declaration of Union" to Reynaud over the phone, enabling him to present it to his Cabinet that afternoon in an attempt to counter the armistice faction.[20]: 203–204  Unknown to Reynaud, General Weygand had ordered his phone to be tapped, depriving Reynaud of the element of surprise.

When the French Cabinet met in Bordeaux that afternoon, Reynaud presented the British union plan and, with Georges Mandel, declared his resolve to continue fighting. However, the proposal was no longer enough to sway the wavering ministers.[24] Contrary to Lebrun's later recollection, no formal vote taken that day.[20]: 204–205  The outcome was unclear:[22]: 82–86  ten ministers wanted to continue the fight, seven, including Deputy Prime Ministers Pétain and Chautemps, favoured an armistice, and eight were undecided but ultimately leaned towards accepting an armistice. Lebrun reluctantly accepted Reynaud's resignation, and the French government, at this critical moment, fell into the hands of Pétain and those advocating for an armistice and collaboration with the German invader. De Gaulle later described Reynaud as "a man of great worth unjustly crushed by events beyond measure".[20]: 204–205 

After resignation

Julian Jackson notes that Reynaud felt a profound sense of guilt for 20 years over allowing Pétain to come to power and offered increasingly convoluted explanations for the events that transpired. Despite Reynaud's own fighting spirit and a brief moment of indecision on 26 May, he regretted not being able to emulate Clemenceau, France's great wartime Prime Minister from 1917 to 1918, and he never forgave himself for failing to be another de Gaulle. Reynaud later claimed he had hoped Pétain would resign if the armistice terms were too harsh; Jackson considers this to be wishful thinking. There were suggestions that Reynaud might have mustered a Cabinet majority for continuing the fight, but he later argued that he could not counter the political influence of the "softs", particularly Pétain and Weygand, France's leading military figures.[19]: 138–142 

Spears observed that Reynaud seemed relieved to be free of his burden. In the immediate aftermath of his resignation, Reynaud appeared to be in denial, still hoping to meet Churchill at Concarneau on 17 June. However, Churchill, who was at Waterloo Station, had cancelled his travel plans upon learning of Reynaud's resignation.[19]: 138–142 

Jules Jeanneney and Édouard Herriot, Presidents of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, respectively, urged President Lebrun to reappoint Reynaud as Prime Minister, as all four men wanted to continue the war from North Africa. Lebrun felt compelled to appoint Pétain, who was prepared with a ministerial team, as Prime Minister. Pétain became the head of the new government—the last of the Third Republic—and signed the armistice on 22 June.[20]: 206–207  De Gaulle returned to Bordeaux around 10 pm on 16 June and visited Reynaud, who still hoped to relocate to North Africa and declined to go to London. Reynaud retained control of secret government funds until the transfer of power the next day, and allocated money to de Gaulle. De Gaulle, accompanied by Edward Spears, flew to London at 9 a.m. on 17 June and made his famous broadcast the following day, declaring his intent to continue the fight. Although it has been suggested that Reynaud ordered de Gaulle to go to London, no written evidence has ever confirmed this.[20]: 209 

Reynaud later tentatively accepted Pétain's offer to become the French Ambassador to the US, but Lebrun refused to confirm the appointment, possibly because he admired Reynaud and wished to protect him from association with the Pétain government.[20]: 209, 238 

Accident and arrest

Reynaud and de Portes left the Hotel Splendid in Bordeaux, driving southeast to avoid the advancing German armies. They intended to stop at Reynaud's holiday home in Grès, Hérault (some sources suggest they were heading for his daughter's home in Sainte-Maxime[25]) before fleeing to North Africa. On 28 June, while Reynaud was driving their Renault Juvaquatre, the car veered off the road and crashed into a plane tree at La Peyrade, near Sète. De Portes was almost decapitated in the accident, while Reynaud sustained relatively minor head injuries.[26][27] While hospitalized in Montpellier, Reynaud reportedly told Bill Bullitt, the American ambassador, "I have lost my country, my honour, and my love."[28]

Upon his discharge, Reynaud was arrested on Pétain's orders and imprisoned at Fort du Portalet.[29] Although Pétain chose not to charge Reynaud during the Riom Trial of 1942, he handed him over to the Germans. Reynaud was initially sent to Sachsenhausen concentration camp and later transferred to Itter Castle near Wörgl, Austria. There, he remained with other high-profile French prisoners until the castle was liberated by Allied troops on 7 May 1945.[30] During the Battle for Castle Itter on 5 May 1945, Major Josef Gangl, a Wehrmacht officer who had joined the anti-Nazi Austrian resistance, was killed by a sniper's bullet while attempting to protect Reynaud and other prisoners.[7]

Postwar career

After the war, Reynaud was elected in 1946 as a member of the Chamber of Deputies. He was appointed to several cabinet positions in the post-war period and remained a prominent figure in French politics. His attempts to form governments in 1952 and 1953 in the turbulent politics of the French Fourth Republic were unsuccessful.

Reynaud supported the idea of a United States of Europe, along with a number of prominent contemporaries. He was a member of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe for ten years, from 1949 to 1959,[3] where he worked alongside his old wartime allies Churchill, Spaak and others to build a united Europe as a way of preventing future wars and a recurrence of the Nazi atrocities. Reynaud presided over the consultative committee that drafted the constitution of France's (current) Fifth Republic. In 1962, he denounced his old friend de Gaulle's replacement of the electoral college system by a direct public vote for the Presidency. Reynaud left office the same year.

Appearance and private life

Reynaud was a physically small man, with "the countenance of a samurai who had been educated at Cambridge". His head was set deep between his shoulders, and he had "a sharp, nasal, metallic voice" and "mechanical" bearing.[20]: 139 

By his first marriage in 1912 to Jeanne Anne Henri-Robert, he was the father of a daughter, Collette, born in 1914. At some time in the early 1920s, Reynaud was introduced to Hélène Rebuffel by André Tardieu, a friend of her father's. Rebuffel's father, however, was displeased at her relationship with a married man, actively seeking other suitors for her, and she was eventually persuaded to marry Comte Henri de Portes. After she had borne him two children, the marriage failed, and when Reynaud and his wife separated in 1938, Hélène de Portes was his mistress until her death in the road accident at Frontignan in 1940. Reynaud and his first wife were finally divorced in 1949. Reynaud then married Christiane Mabire (one of his former office assistants, who had voluntarily joined him at the Castle Itter in 1943) at Versailles in the same year, at the age of 71. Mabire had already borne him a son, Serge Paul-Reynaud, in 1945; they had two more children, Evelyne, in 1949, and Alexandre in 1954.[31]

Reynaud died on 21 September 1966 at Neuilly-sur-Seine, leaving a number of writings.

Reynaud's government, 21 March – 16 June 1940

Changes

  • 10 May 1940 – Louis Marin and Jean Ybarnegaray enter the Cabinet as Ministers of State
  • 18 May 1940 – Philippe Pétain enters the Cabinet as Minister of State. Reynaud succeeds Daladier as Minister of National Defense and War. Daladier succeeds Reynaud as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Georges Mandel succeeds Roy as Minister of the Interior. Louis Rollin succeeds Mandel as Minister of Colonies. Léon Baréty succeeds Rollin as Minister of Commerce and Industry.
  • 5 June 1940 – Reynaud succeeds Daladier as Minister of Foreign Affairs, remaining also Minister of National Defense and War. Yves Bouthillier succeeds Lamoureux as Minister of Finance. Yvon Delbos succeeds Sarraut as Minister of National Education. Ludovic-Oscar Frossard succeeds Monzie as Minister of Public Works. Jean Prouvost succeeds Frossard as Minister of Information. Georges Pernot succeeds Héraud as Health Minister, with the new title of Minister of French Family. Albert Chichery succeeds Baréty as Minister of Commerce and Industry.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ SÉVILLIA, JEAN, Histoire Passionnée de la France, Perrin, 2013, p. 416
  2. ^ Paul Reynaud | premier of France | Britannica
  3. ^ Koop, Volker (2010). In Hitlers Hand: die Sonder- und Ehrenhäftlinge der SS (in German). Böhlau. ISBN 9783412205805.
  4. ^ Harding 2013, p. 150.
  5. ^ Roberts, Andrew (12 May 2013). "World War II's Strangest Battle: When Americans and Germans Fought Together". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  6. ^ Harding 2013, p. 169.
  7. ^ a b "Sepp Gangl-Straße in Wörgl • Strassensuche.at". Strassensuche.at.
  8. ^ the colour of French Army uniforms at the time - many of the new deputies were war veterans
  9. ^ a b c d e f g Imlay, Talbot C. "Paul Reynaud and France's Response to Nazi Germany, 1938–1940", in French Historical Studies 26.3 (2003)
  10. ^ Sauvy, Alfred. Histoire Économique de la France entre les deux guerres (3 volumes). Paris, Fayard, 1984. Vol. I, p.143
  11. ^ SAUVY, ALFRED, Histoire Économique de la France entre les deux guerres (3 volumes), Paris, Fayard, 1984, Vol.I, p.268
  12. ^ MOURÉ, KENNETH and ALEXANDER, MARTIN S., Crisis and Renewal in France, 1918-1962, Berghahn Books, New York-Oxford, 2002, p.79
  13. ^ [1] Present and Future Plans (Time Magazine, 8 April 1940) Retrieved 2008-10-22
  14. ^ SÉVILLIA, JEAN, Histoire Passionnée de la France, Perrin, 2013, p. 420
  15. ^ "President" in this context means "President of the Council of Ministers", the official title of the Prime Minister of France, not the President of the Republic
  16. ^ Regan, Geoffrey. Military Anecdotes - The End of The Line (1992)  p.159 ISBN 0-85112-519-0
  17. ^ a b "Paul Reynaud". spartacus-educational.com. Archived from the original on 26 May 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  18. ^ a b Roberts, A. (1991). The Holy Fox, The Life of Lord Halifax. London: Phoenix, 1991. ISBN 978-1857994728
  19. ^ a b c d e f g Jackson, J. (2003). The Fall of France. Oxford University Press, Oxford. ISBN 019280300X.
  20. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Lacouture, J. (1984). De Gaulle: The Rebel 1890–1944. English ed. 1990, W W Norton & Co, London. ISBN 978-0393026993
  21. ^ Pelayo, D. (2009) L'accident de Paul Reynaud. l'Agglorieuse
  22. ^ a b c d e Atkin, N. (1997). Pétain, Longman, ISBN 978-0-582-07037-0
  23. ^ a b Williams, C. (2005). Pétain, Little Brown (Time Warner Book Group UK), London, ISBN 978-0-316-86127-4
  24. ^ Shlaim, Avi (July 1974). "Prelude to Downfall: The British Offer of Union to France, June 1940". Journal of Contemporary History. 3. 9 (3): 27–63. doi:10.1177/002200947400900302. JSTOR 260024. S2CID 159722519.
  25. ^ Anon. (1940). M. Paul Reynaud victime d'un accident d'automobile. Le Petit Meridional, 29 Juin 1940.
  26. ^ Benoit-Méchin, J. (1956). Soixante jours qui ébranlèrent l'Occident : Volume 3, La Fin du régime - 26 juin / 10 juillet 1940,  p.46. Laffont, Paris. ISBN 978-2-221-13211-1
  27. ^ Photo of the car wreck, under year '1940', in Chronologie La Peyrade
  28. ^ Moss, N. (2003). 19 Weeks. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York. ISBN 0-618-10471-2.
  29. ^ "Fort du Portalet Office de tourisme Vallée d'Aspe tourisme Parc National Pyrénées séjours balades randonnées". www.tourisme-aspe.com. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  30. ^ Barber, Noel (1976). The Week France Fell. Stein and Day. p. 299. ISBN 9780812819212.
  31. ^ Kapfer, E. (2017). Hélène Marie Jeanne Rebuffel, Comtesse de Portes (1902 - 1940). Christine Belcikowski Publications. [2]

References

Further reading

  • Connors, Joseph David. "Paul Reynaud and French national defense, 1933-1939." (PhD Loyola University of Chicago, 1977). online Bibliography, pp 265–83.
  • de Konkoly Thege, Michel Marie. "Paul Reynaud and the Reform of France's Economic, Military and Diplomatic Policies of the 1930s." (Graduate Liberal Studies Works (MALS/MPhil). Paper 6, 2015). online, bibliography pp 171–76.
  • Nord, Philip. France 1940: Defending the Republic (Yale UP, 2015).
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1932
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1932
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1938
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1940
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1940
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1940
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1940
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Chen Yi 陳儀LahirTemplat:Birth-yearShaoxing, Zhejiang, ChinaMeninggal18 Juni 1950 (2024-06-18UTC10:51)Taipei, TaiwanPengabdian Republik ChinaLama dinas1902-1949PangkatJenderalKomandanGarnisun Taiwan, tentara rute ke-19 Chen Yi (Hanzi tradisional: 陳儀; Hanzi sederhana: 陈仪; Pinyin: Chén Yí; nama penghormatan Gongxia (公俠) dan kemudian Gongqia (公洽), nama julukan Tuisu (退素); 1883 – 18 Juni 1950) adalah Ketua Eksekutif dan Komandan Garrison (警備總司…

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Ini adalah nama Batak Toba, marganya adalah Sirait. Ompu iKasianus SiraitEphorusGerejaHuria Kristen Batak Protestan (HKBP)Masa jabatan1940 - 1942PendahuluErnst VerwiebePenerusJustin SihombingInformasi pribadiOrang tuaPanoboi Laban Sirait (ayah)Tanda Juliana br. Sitorus (ibu) Pdt. Kasianus Sirait (1897 – 1969)[1] adalah seorang pendeta Huria Kristen Batak Protestan (HKBP) dan kemudian Ephorus HKBP ke-6. Kasianus Sirait merupakan orang Batak pertama yang menjadi ephorus HKBP. Referensi ^…

مانويل غوتيريز معلومات شخصية الميلاد 8 أبريل 1920  المكسيك  مركز اللعب مدافع الجنسية المكسيك  المسيرة الاحترافية1 سنوات فريق م. (هـ.) أمريكا المنتخب الوطني المكسيك المواقع مُعرِّف الاتحاد الدولي لكرة القدم 50389  مُعرِّف موقع football-teams 63232  1 عدد مرات الظهور مع الأندية و…

Statue of Pedro de Estopiñán y Virués [es] in Melilla The Conquest of Melilla occurred on the 17th of September 1497, when a fleet sent by the Duke of Medina Sidonia occupied the north African city of Melilla.[1] After the conquest of Granada by Spain and the fall of the Emirate of Granada the Mediterranean coast of the Sultanate of Fez became very unsettled, often raided by Barbary pirates or pirates from Cádiz. Melilla and other cities fell in decadence, unlike cities …

Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Nouvelle Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Nouvelle, terletak di 25 Rue de la Lune, di arondisemen ke-2 Paris dan merupakan gereja paroki Katolik yang dibangun antara tahun 1823 dan 1830. Dibangun dengan gaya Neoklasik, dan didedikasikan untuk Notre-Dame de Bonne-Nouvelle, mengacu pada Isyarat. Lingkungan Bonne-Nouvelle, Boulevard de Bonne-Nouvelle (salah satu Grand Boulevards yang menggantikan tembok Louis XIII pada 1709) dan stasiun metro Bonne Nouvelle dinamai menurut namanya. Gereja it…

Ribuan orang berkumpul dalam unjuk rasa di Warsawa, Polandia, ketika negara tersebut bersiap-siap bergabung dengan Uni Eropa tahun 2004. Gerakan anti-globalisasi atau gerakan kontra-globalisasi[1] adalah gerakan sosial yang kritis terhadap globalisasi kapitalisme perusahaan. Gerakan ini sering dikaitkan dengan gerakan keadilan global,[2] gerakan alter-globalisasi, gerakan anti-globalis, gerakan globalisasi anti-perusahaan,[3] atau gerakan melawan globalisasi neoliberal. P…

Gerak peluru yang timbul pada pancuran air Grafik gerak peluru atau gerak parabola beserta variabel-variabelnya Pada persoalan gerak dua dimensi, posisi benda terdefinisi secara lengkap apabila menggunakan dua buah koordinat posisi, yaitunya posisi di koordinat x dan y yang saling tegak lurus. Arah sumbu x dan y dapat kita pilih secara sembarang asal tegak lurus. Pemilihan arah dilakukan untuk mempermudah menyelesaikan persoalan. Contohnya pada gerak sepanjang bidang miring kita sering memilih a…

Орден Михая Храброгорум. Ordinul Mihai Viteazul Страна Румыния Тип Орден Кому вручается военнослужащим во время войны Основания награждения за особые заслуги на поле боя Статус временно не вручается (в связи с отсутствием военных действий) Статистика Дата учреждения 26 сентяб…

Европейская сардина Научная классификация Домен:ЭукариотыЦарство:ЖивотныеПодцарство:ЭуметазоиБез ранга:Двусторонне-симметричныеБез ранга:ВторичноротыеТип:ХордовыеПодтип:ПозвоночныеИнфратип:ЧелюстноротыеГруппа:Костные рыбыКласс:Лучепёрые рыбыПодкласс:Новопёрые …

German stage and film actor (1882–1955) Hans MierendorffMierendorff, c. 1920BornJohannes Reingold Mierendorff(1882-06-30)30 June 1882Rostock, German EmpireDied26 December 1955(1955-12-26) (aged 73)Eutin, West GermanyNationalityGermanOccupationActorYears active1916–1942 Hans Mierendorff (born Johannes Reingold Mierendorff; 30 June 1882 – 26 December 1955) was a German stage and film actor. Selected filmography A Night of Horror (1916) Vengeance Is Mine (1916) Hilde Warren …

Эта статья — о Никейском Символе веры, принятом Первым Вселенским собором в 325 году. О Никео-Цареградском Символе веры, утверждённом Вторым Вселенским Собором в 381 году, см. Никео-Цареградский Символ веры. Икона, изображающая святых отцов Первого Никейского собо…

1991 biographical film by Barry Levinson For other uses, see Bugsy (disambiguation). BugsyTheatrical release posterDirected byBarry LevinsonWritten byJames TobackProduced by Mark Johnson Barry Levinson Warren Beatty Starring Warren Beatty Annette Bening Harvey Keitel Ben Kingsley Joe Mantegna CinematographyAllen DaviauEdited byStu LinderMusic byEnnio MorriconeProductioncompanies Mulholland Productions Baltimore Pictures Distributed byTriStar PicturesRelease date December 13, 1991 …

La Novempopulana nel 600 d.C. La Novempopulana (in latino paese dei nove popoli) fu una provincia romana in Gallia; fu creata da Diocleziano dalla frammentazione dell'Aquitania[1], e infatti era nota anche come Aquitania Tertia. La nuova provincia era affacciata sul golfo di Biscaglia ed era delimitata dal corso della Garonna e dalla catena dei Pirenei. Confinava a nord con l'Aquitania Secunda, ad est con la Narbonense, a sud con la Tarraconense, a ovest con l'Atlantico ed aveva per capi…

Actinium(III) chloride[1] Names Other names Actinium trichlorideActinium chloride Identifiers CAS Number 22986-54-5 Y 3D model (JSmol) Interactive image PubChem CID 86218203 InChI InChI=1S/Ac.3ClH/h;3*1H/p-3Key: WHQPIOWKCXBORU-UHFFFAOYSA-K SMILES [Cl-].[Cl-].[Cl-].[Ac] Properties Chemical formula AcCl3 Molar mass 333.378 g/mol Appearance White crystalline solid Density 4.81 g/cm3 Melting point 1,051 °C (1,924 °F; 1,324 K) (sublimes) Except wh…

銮披汶·頌堪แปลก พิบูลสงคราม第3任泰國總理任期1938年12月16日—1944年8月1日君主國王拉玛八世前任披耶帕凤侯爵继任寬·阿派旺第8任泰國總理任期1948年4月8日—1957年9月16日君主國王拉玛九世前任寬·阿派旺继任乃朴·沙拉信 个人资料出生貝·基達桑卡(1897-07-14)1897年7月14日 暹罗暖武里府逝世1964年6月11日(1964歲—06—11)(66歲) 日本神奈川縣相模原市国籍 …

Overview of the philosophy of artificial intelligence See also: Ethics of artificial intelligence Part of a series onArtificial intelligence Major goals Artificial general intelligence Recursive self-improvement Planning Computer vision General game playing Knowledge reasoning Machine learning Natural language processing Robotics AI safety Approaches Symbolic Deep learning Bayesian networks Evolutionary algorithms Situated approach Hybrid intelligent systems Systems integration Applications Proj…

Sporting event delegationNew Zealand at the2012 Summer OlympicsIOC codeNZLNOCNew Zealand Olympic CommitteeWebsitewww.olympic.org.nzin LondonCompetitors184 in 16 sportsFlag bearers Nick Willis (opening) Mahé Drysdale (closing)MedalsRanked 15th Gold 6 Silver 2 Bronze 5 Total 13 Summer Olympics appearances (overview)190819121920192419281932193619481952195619601964196819721976198019841988199219962000200420082012201620202024Other related appearances Australasia (1908–1912) New Zealand co…

Dustin the Turkey Dustin the Turkey im Halbfinale des Eurovision Song Contest 2008 Dustin the Turkey ist eine Puppe aus dem irischen Kinderfernsehen im Programm von RTÉ. Größere Aufmerksamkeit erlangte er, als er als Beitrag Irlands beim Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrad gewählt wurde. Sein Lied hieß Irelande Douze Pointe. Er trat am 20. Mai 2008 im ersten Halbfinale an, schaffte aber nicht den Einzug in das Finale. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Diskografie 1.1 Singles 1.2 Alben 2 Weblinks Dis…

German/Portuguese painter Grids and Grooves (2008) Pedro Boese (born 1972) is a German/Portuguese painter. Life and work Pedro Boese was born in Beira, Portuguese Mozambique. 1993–1997: graduation from the Academie Beeldende Kunsten Maastricht in painting and etching 1998–2001: postgraduate study at the Institut für Kunst im Kontext, Berlin University of the Arts 2000–2002: guest student at the class of Prof. Lothar Baumgarten, Berlin University of the Arts Lives and works in Berlin, Germ…

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