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Édouard Daladier
Édouard Daladier was a French Radical-Socialist (centre-left) politician, who was the Prime Minister of France in 1933, 1934 and again from 1938 to 1940.
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politics · French radical socialist politician · politician · also Édouard Daladier, Edouard Daladier, Daladier
Born 18 June 1884 · Died 10 October 1970 · Q213526
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We took up arms against aggression. We shall not put them down until we have guarantees for a real peace and security, a security which is not threatened every six months
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1970· 1 entry
Died 1970-10-10.
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1953· 1 entry
Career landmark: Mayor of Avignon (1953–1958).
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1951· 1 entry
Career landmark: Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (1951–1955).
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1946· 2 entries
And acted as a patron to the Radical-Socialist Party's young reforming leader, Pierre Mendès-France
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Career landmark: member of the French National Assembly (1946–1958).
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1940· 4 entries
“For us, there is more to do than merely win the war. We shall win it, but we must also win a victory far greater than that of arms. In this world of masters and slaves, which those madmen who rule at Berlin are seeking to forge, we must also save liberty and human dignity”
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Is too teleological and deterministic and failed to address Daladier's efforts at increased rearmament and his attempts to forge an alliance with Great Britain against Germany
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Is not true as about 120,000 French servicemen were killed in action between 10 May-21 June 1940
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“We took up arms against aggression. We shall not put them down until we have guarantees for a real peace and security, a security which is not threatened every six months”
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1939· 6 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Saint-Charles (1939).
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Britain and France declared war on Germany
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Was to win from the British a firm commitment", the so-called "continental commitment" that every French leader had sought since 1919
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But sought to have such an overwhelming array of forces arranged against Germany that Hitler would be deterred from invading Poland
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As a result of Reynaud's reforms led Daladier to view the possibility of war with the Reich more favourably than had been the case in 1938
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“there was no further question of policy to be settled. His sister had put in two bags all the personal keepsakes and belonging he really cared about, and was prepared to leave for a secure spot at any moment. France intended to stand by the Poles, and if Hitler should refuse to negotiate with the Poles over Danzig, and should make war on Poland, France would fight at once”
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1938· 4 entries
“ai choisi mon chemin: la France en avant! (”
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Which gave Nazi Germany control over the Sudetenland
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Would "exceed" 42 billion francs, and Rueff warned that France would go bankrupt once the legal limits upon short-term loans from the Bank of France was reached
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Career landmark: President of the Council (1938–1940).
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1937· 1 entry
“The hypothesis of conflict with the Mediterranean as the center of preponderant action, raises different problems for our foreign and military policy...Given the two-bloc composition [in the Atlantic and Asia] of the Franco-British empire, an attack in the Mediterranean, the stem between these two blocs would allow Germany and Italy to obtain the most decisive results”
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1936· 1 entry
Was "the biggest arms program ever attempted by a French government in peacetime"
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1934· 1 entry
Career landmark: President of the Council (1934–1934).
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1933· 2 entries
Despite similar negotiations breaking down, he formed a government of the republican left
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Career landmark: President of the Council (1933–1933).
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1932· 2 entries
By German rivals to Hitler that Krupp was manufacturing heavy artillery, and the Deuxième Bureau had a grasp of the scale of German military preparations but lacked hard intelligence of hostile intentions
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And so fell foul of the 1934 Johnson Act, which banned American loans to nations that had defaulted on their World War I debts
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1930· 1 entry
Unsuccessfully attempted to gain socialist support for a centre-left government in coalition the Radical-Socialist and similar parties
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1928· 1 entry
Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (1928).
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1926· 1 entry
The first Cartel des gauches with the centre-right Raymond Poincaré in November 1928
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1919· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the French National Assembly (1919–1942).
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1916· 1 entry
Fought with the 209th in the Battle of Verdun and was given a field commission as a lieutenant in the midst of the battle in April 1916 having received commendations for gallantry in action
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1884· 1 entry
Born 1884-06-18.
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