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Laval, Pierre

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(pyĕr läväl'), 1883–1945, French politician. Elected (1914) to the chamber of deputies as a Socialist, he held various cabinet posts and in 1926 became a senator as an Independent, moving away from his leftist affiliations. In 1931–32 and 1935–36 he was premier and foreign minister. With Sir Samuel Hoare (later Viscount Templewood ), he proposed (Dec., 1935) a settlement to halt the Italian conquest of Ethiopia; the plan was seen as appeasement of Benito Mussolini , and his government collapsed. After the start of World War II and the fall of France in 1940, Laval reached new prominence. In the Vichy government under Marshal Pétain he became vice premier and foreign minister, but in Dec., 1940, he was dismissed and replaced by Admiral Darlan , apparently on suspicion that he was planning to overthrow Pétain. Entering the German-occupied part of France, Laval outspokenly advocated collaboration with Germany. Pétain reinstated Laval in Apr., 1942, and in November gave him dictatorial…
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Full text Article Laval, Pierre (1883 to 1945)

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French politician. He became a lawyer, Deputy (1914), and Senator (1926), before serving as Premier (1931–2, 1935–6). From a position on the extreme left of the Socialist Party , he moved rightwards during the 1920s and 1930s, and in the Vichy government was Pétain 's deputy (1940). He was removed…
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Aspa town in central France, on the River Allier, known for its bottled mineral water. It became notorious, however, as the seat of the French collaborationist government during the Second World War, popularly referred to as 'the Vichy government', or just 'Vichy'. Marshal Philippe Pétain, the last…
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Full text Article Laval, Pierre

From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
(born June 28, 1883, Châteldon, France—died Oct. 15, 1945, Paris) French politician. A member of the Chamber of Deputies (1914–19, 1924–27) and later the Senate (from 1927), he also held a number of cabinet posts, and, as France’s premier (1931–32, 1935–36), he developed the widely denounced…
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Full text Article Laval, Pierre

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(pyĕr läväl'), 1883–1945, French politician. Elected (1914) to the chamber of deputies as a Socialist, he held various cabinet posts and in 1926 became a senator as an Independent, moving away from his leftist affiliations. In 1931–32 and 1935–36 he was premier and foreign minister. With Sir Samuel…
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Full text Article Laval, Pierre

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Full text Article 28 June 1883

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Abbott, Diane Julie 1953- Abelard, Peter 1079-1142 Abercrombie, Lascelles 1881-1938 Abrams, M(eyer) H(oward) 1912- Abse, Dannie 1923-2014 Abu’l-’Alá, Al-Ma’arri 973-1058 Abzug, Bella originally Bella Savitzky 1920-98…
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Full text Article Between History and Geography

From The SAGE Handbook of Historical Geography
During the late nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries, attempts were made by academics, scholars and writers of varying predilections and affiliations to bring together approaches and methods from history and geography to create a hybrid intellectual project, generally described as…
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