Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haife shi a Châteaubriant, Loire-Inférieure (yanzu Loire-Atlantique), Faransa, Chaplais ya yi karatu a Collège Saint-Sauveur a Redon da Jami'ar Rennes, inda ya yi karatun Shari'a da Classics, da nufin zama lauya na ilimi. An katse karatunsa ta yakin duniya na biyu, wanda ya yi aiki tare da sojojin Faransa har zuwa 1940 Armistice.
Ka yi haƙuri. Wani memba na Resistance na Faransa, Gestapo sun kama Chaplais kuma aka aika zuwa Buchenwald. Don ayyukansa na lokacin yaƙi ya karɓi "Médaille de la Résistance".