Pashure pokushumira neFrench Navy saQuartermaster muIndochina uye muFrench Algeria, Denard akashanda semupurisa wekoloni muMorocco kubva muna 1952 kusvika muna 1957. Akashanda somuratidziri wemichina yokugeza muParis. Muna 1954, akawanikwa aine mhosva yekuronga kuuraya mutungamiri wehurumende Pierre Mendès-France, nhengo yekuruboshwe yeRadical-Socialist Party iyo yaive ichitaurirana kupera kweHondo yeIndochina uye kubviswa kuMorocco, Tunisia neAlgeria, uye akapedza mwedzi gumi nemana ari mutirongo. Anopesana nechiKomonisiti, Denard akabva atora rutivi mukukakavadzana kwakapesana nekoloni, panguva imwe chete achimiririra iye pachake uye neyahurumende yeFrance. Paakangosunungurwa mutorongo, akashanda nokuda kwemabasa akavanzika eFrance mukati mehondo yeAlgeria
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