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Emmanuel d'Astier de La Vigerie
Emmanuel d'Astier de La Vigerie (6 January 190012 June 1969) was a French journalist, politician and member of the French Resistance.
Biography.
Born in Paris, he attended the Naval Academy but resigned from the French Navy in 1923. He became a journalist and a poet and was involved with the integralist and monarchist journal "Action Française", but turned towards the Left after the Spanish Civil War (1936–39).
When the Second World War broke out, d'Astier re-
Commission of National Defense.
In 1944, d'Astier led a 45-man detachment in France, operating behind enemy lines to prepare the way for the Allied invasion. He continued to fight in France for the remainder of the war.
Henri d'Astier died in Geneva in 1952.
See also.
- Emmanuel d'Astier de la Vigerie
- François d'Astier de la Vigerie
Bibliography.
Bibliography War Official reports.
- Les Cahiers Français, "La part de la Résistance Française dans les événements d'Afrique du Nord" (Official