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The network was officially created on 1 February 1943 under the leadership of General Emile Mollard, who operated under the alias "Maurice."The initiative aimed to support the Free French Forces by organizing the clandestine escape of military and civilian personnel, particularly specialists such as aviators and technicians, and gathering critical intelligence.
1695 – Nine Years' War: At the Battle of Sant Esteve d'en Bas, Catalan miquelets attacked a column of French regular infantry and caused them to surrender. 1959 – An anti-Chinese uprising began as thousands of Tibetans surrounded the Potala Palace in Lhasa to prevent the Dalai Lama from leaving or being removed by the Chinese army.
The online publication eCommerceTimes, in 2009, described "Ernesto" as the pseudonym of Lennart Renkema, owner of TorrentFreak. [7] TorrentFreak's text is free content under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial version 3.0 license. [2] Their lead researcher and community manager was the Pirate Party activist Andrew Norton, from 2007 to ...
Pierre-Maurice Quays, Quay or Quaï (5 January 1777, Paris - 5 September 1803, Saint-Leu-La-Forêt) [1] was a French Neoclassical painter. He is generally credited with coining the term " Rococo ". Biography
Marie Joseph Pierre de Sornay (born Port Louis, Mauritius October 11, 1876 – died Curepipe, Mauritius August 5, 1968) was a Mauritian agronomist and writer.. Sornay was awarded the Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur in 1934, the Officier de la Légion d'honneur in 1956, and the Commandeur du Mérite agricole in 1966.
A French passport (French: passeport français) is an identity document issued to French citizens.Besides enabling the bearer to travel internationally and serving as indication of French nationality (but not proof; the possession of a French passport only establishes the presumption of French nationality according to French law [7]), the passport facilitates the process of securing assistance ...
Pierre Maurice Julien de Quérangal (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ mɔʁis ʒyljɛ̃ də keʁɑ̃ɡal]; 13 December 1758 in Lorient – c. 1840) was a French Navy officer. [ 1 ] Life
During the First World War, Abbé Dubourg was an officer, military chaplain and stretcher-bearer. [5] [7] On mobilization, he joined the 7th Army Corps, and through his stubbornness and defiance of all regulations, managed to get himself assigned to the 170th Infantry Regiment, which belonged to an attack division specializing in "hard knocks". [8]