Pierre Laval
Acting
Biography
Pierre Jean Marie Laval (28 June 1883 – 15 October 1945) was a French politician. During the Third Republic, he served as Prime Minister of France from 27 January 1931 to 20 February 1932 and 7 June 1935 to 24 January 1936. He again occupied the post during the German occupation, from 18 April 1942 to 20 August 1944.
Known For
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Crusade in Europe
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39-45, de la France occupée à la France libérée
By means of a chronological arrangement of historical video material from the Istituto Luce archives, it tells the story of Fascist Italy's ambitions in Africa and the role they played in shaping fascist ideology and the stance of the fascist regime in the Western world at the height of the age of colonialism and aggressive European expansionism.
Etiopia 1936: alla conquista dell'impero
On October 24, 1940, Philippe Pétain met Adolf Hitler in Montoire and led the French into collaboration with the Nazis. A black page in the history of France, written by a man whom many then considered a hero: the winner of Verdun.
Pétain, such a popular hero
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Collaborations
Józef Piłsudski died on May 12, 1935. Many Poles were deeply affected by his passing. The Marshal's funeral was a grand patriotic ceremony that lasted several days and attracted hundreds of thousands of people.