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| Armee Secrete Gaulle, Charles Andre Marie Joseph de |  |
| Forms the Armee Secrete, a nucleus for the French uprising at the Liberation |
| Arrest of Daladier Daladier, Edouard | |
| Feb Vichy Interned by the Vichy Government & tried for betraying his country |
| Arrest of Darlan Darlan, Jean Francois | |
| Captured by the Allies & transfers allegiance to the Allies |
| Arrest of Laval Laval, Pierre | |
| Released from prison under Hitler's orders |
| Arrest of Reynaud Reynaud, Paul | |
| Imprisoned by the Germans |
| Assassination of Darlan Darlan, Jean Francois | |
| 24th Dec Assassination of the Vichy leader in north Africa |
| Capture of Giraud Giraud, Henri-Honore | |
| 17th April Konigstein Escapes from Konigstein, becomes an national hero in France |
| Chief of Staff Billotte, Pierre | |
| London Appointed Chief-of-Staff |
| Commander Free French Catroux, Georges | |
| Appointed Commander of the Free French in the Levant |
| Death of Darlan, Jean Francois Darlan, Jean Francois | |
| 24th Dec Death of Jean Francois Darlan, assassinated |
| Diplomacy Darlan, Jean Francois | |
| Recognized as head of French nth Africa by Eisenhower to gain French co-operation |
| 11th Nov Vichy France fully supports the Allies after the German occupation of Vichy France |
| Exile of Daladier Daladier, Edouard | |
| Feb Vichy Deported to Germany & held there until the end of the war |
| Fighting France Gaulle, Charles Andre Marie Joseph de | |
| 18th June London Holds a rally in the Albert Hall in front of 10,000 French who sing the "Marseillaise" |
| 14th July London Announces on Bastille Day that his movement will be known as "Fighting France" |
| General Gaulle, Charles Andre Marie Joseph de | |
| 7th Nov Madagascar Appoints Legentilhomme High Commissioner of Madagascar |
| Government Laval, Pierre | |
| Vichy Leads a German puppet Government |
| Vichy Raises an army for Hitler & allows deportation to Germany for forced Labour |
| Invasion of Madagascar Gaulle, Charles Andre Marie Joseph de | |
| Madagascar Submits plans to the British for the succesful Free French invasion of Madagascar |
| Ironclad Gaulle, Charles Andre Marie Joseph de | |
| 7th Nov Madagascar Agrees with Britain to appoint Legentilhomme High Commissioner of Madagascar |
| Prime Minister Laval, Pierre | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of France, 2nd term |
| Publication of Camus Camus, Albert | |
| Publication of, "The Myth of Sisyphus" |
| Publication of, "The Outsider" |
| Trial of Gamelin Gamelin, Maurice Gustave | |
| 19th Feb Riom Tried before the French High Court at Riom for the French defeat |
| Trial of Riom Laval, Pierre | |
| Riom Trials held by the Vichy Government of those responsible for the 1940 French collapse |
| Vichy Blum & Daladier expose the trials & Vichy France loses American support |
