Word: darlan
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Giraud escaped) until July 1941, when the Germans released him in the belief that he would help Vichy defend its territory against Anglo-American attack. Took command of Vichy forces in North Africa, and after putting up some resistance against the Western Allies in 1942, joined them along with Darlan. Led his North African troops brilliantly against the Germans in Tunisia and Italy...
...armies surrendered to enemy forces about half their number. Admiring skill, he praised German General Rommel in a speech in the House of Commons during Britain's North African setbacks, and still sticks to his praise. When some Britons grumbled about Eisenhower's deal with French Admiral Darlan, Churchill, agreeing with Eisenhower, tartly reminded the House of Commons that "since 1776 we have not been in the position of being able to decide the policy of the United States...
...launch a small boat in the surf off the Algerian coast during his daring trip by submarine from England to meet French underground agents before the North African invasion. At other times, he served as deputy to General Dwight Eisenhower, helped make the Allied deal with French Admiral Jean Darlan, later commanded the Fifth Army in its long, bitter fight up the Italian peninsula. This week, as it must to all generals (it seems), publication day came to Four-Star General Mark Clark, now Chief of the Army Field Forces. In readable, relaxed prose, Clark's Calculated Risk (Harper...
...Military expediency dictated that we do business with Darlan to minimize bloodshed and get on with the war . . . He did the job. If I had it to do over again, I would choose again to deal with the man who could do the job-whether it turned out to be Darlan or the Devil himself...
...during the war years, Roosevelt showed remarkably good humor during the conferences. When the Russian armies were on the offensive at Stalingrad, he told the reporters: "You can say [I am] dee-lighted, if you want to." And when they questioned him on U.S. dealings with the dubious Admiral Darlan, he retorted with "an old Balkan proverb": "My children, you are permitted in time of great danger to walk with the Devil until you have crossed the bridge...