Word: darlan
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...lunch in De Gaulle's temporary headquarters-the Moorish Palais d'Etée, where Admiral Jean Darlan was assassinated 16 years ago-the insurgents stepped up their pressure. De Gaulle had expected 15 luncheon guests: instead, 60 self-confident members of the Algerian Committee of Public Safety showed up to urge the general to make Soustelle his Minister for Algeria. Then, in something audaciously close to an ultimatum, Paratroop General Jacques Massu spelled out what the insurgent leaders expected of De Gaulle...
...captives came later, when he openly radioed information on German sea movements to the British on Malta, then sat back to await the fireworks. R.A.F. squadrons sped west from Malta and in minutes destroyed two-thirds of the 15th Panzer Division, destined for Rommel's Afrika Korps. Admiral Darlan got wind of this feat and sent Navarre to Vichy, where he was kept under surveillance. He soon escaped into the underground-thanks to a guard who became his friend (and later became one of his top agents in the Resistance...
...canoe capsized, but won promotion to lieutenant general, thus at 46 became the youngest three-star general in U.S. history up to that time. (His record was broken later by the Air Force's Lauris Norstad, who got his third star at 40.) Later Clark wrung from Admiral Darlan the cease fire order to all French forces in North Africa. After serving as Eisenhower's second in command in North Africa, took command of the U.S. Fifth Army in Italy. Heavy casualties at Anzio, the Rapido River and Cassino brought him abuse from many of his men; Clark...
...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...