Word: darlan
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...late Marshal-boarded a launch and made for the basin, waving a white flag and a tricolor. They were greeted by gunfire, and two aides were wounded. General de Gaulle boarded his flagship and signaled an ultimatum. Dakar rejected it. From Vichy, Minister of the Navy Admiral Jean Darlan wired: "Remember the words of Joan of Arc, that 'peace is won only at the point of a lance...