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La Dépêche De Brest
''La Dépêche de Brest et de l'Ouest'' was a French regional daily newspaper published in Brest, France, later relocated to Morlaix, and circulated from 1886 to 1944. History The newspaper was founded in Brest by Arthur Dessoye on 18 November 1886. It was successively managed by Louis Coudurier and later his son Marcel Coudurier. Following the Allied bombings on Brest, the newspaper, originally headquartered in Place Wilson, was moved to Morlaix in 1941. Until March 1942, under the direction of Marcel Coudurier, who was co-proprietor with Victor Le Gorgeu, the newspaper was sceptical towards Vichy policies. However, under pressure from the German occupiers, who threatened to suspend the newspaper, Yann Fouéré took over as director in March 1942. From that point, the newspaper adopted a more pro-Vichy and collaborationist stance. It ceased publication on 17 August 1944. In September 1944, the newspaper was banned for collaboration with Germany and was replaced by ''Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Dessoye
Arthur Charles Dessoye (23 August 1854 in Auberive, Haute-Marne – 30 April 1927 in Breuvannes-en-Bassigny, Haute-Marne) was a French journalist, writer, industrialist, and politician. Biography Journalism career Born to a Tax collector (France), tax collector father, originally from Breuvannes-en-Bassigny, where his family owned a File (tool), file manufacturing business established in 1827,. Arthur Dessoye was one of the founders and editor-in-chief of ''La Dépêche de Brest et de l'Ouest'' from 19 November 1886 to 12 April 1897. *Editor of ''L'Électeur libre de Chaumont'' until 1884; *Editor-in-chief of ''L'Union Républicaine du Finistère'', a tri-weekly four-page newspaper, from 1 April 1884 until 18 November 1886; *Editor-in-chief of ''La Dépêche de Brest et de l'Ouest'' from its creation in 1886 until 1897, succeeding ''L'Union Républicaine du Finistère''. He married Marie Eugènie Renard in Breuvannes-en-Bassigny on 2 August 1884. One of his witnesses was hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brest, France
Brest (; ) is a port, port city in the Finistère department, Brittany (administrative region), Brittany. Located in a sheltered bay not far from the western tip of a peninsula and the western extremity of metropolitan France, Brest is an important harbour and the second largest French military port after Toulon. The city is located on the western edge of continental France. With 139,456 inhabitants (2020), Brest forms Lower Brittany, Western Brittany's largest functional area (France), metropolitan area (with a population of 370,000 in total), ranking third behind only Nantes and Rennes in the whole of historic Brittany, and the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, 25th most populous city in France (2019); moreover, Brest provides services to the one million inhabitants of Western Brittany. Although Brest is by far the largest city in Finistère, the ''Prefectures in France, préfecture'' (administrative seat) of the department is in the much smaller town of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morlaix
Morlaix (; , ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. History The Battle of Morlaix, part of the Hundred Years' War, was fought near the town on 30 September 1342 between the English under William de Bohun, Earl of Northampton and the French under Charles, Duke of Brittany. The result was an English victory and has been viewed by historians as presaging the battle tactics of the Battle of Crécy four years later. Leisure and tourism The old quarter of the town has winding streets of cobbled stones and overhanging houses constructed of stone and timber. Many have religious and secular sculptures on their façades. One of these houses is "la Maison dite de la duchesse Anne", or the "so-called Duchess Anne’s house", which is now a museum, open to the public. This house is said to be one of the oldest in the town. Local legend has it that it derives its name from the fact that the Duchesse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Newspapers Confiscated For Collaboration
At the end of World War II, several newspapers in France were seized for collaboration with the German occupation, under the law dated 11 May 1946. In most cases, editorial teams were replaced, and the printing facilities were transferred to members of the French Resistance. Occasionally, long-established newspaper titles ceased publication altogether. Summary of the law The law applied to: * Newspapers, periodicals, advertising agencies, and photographic agencies. * To avoid being penalized, companies had to have ceased operations no later than 15 days after 25 June 1940 in the northern zone (the effective date of the armistice of 22 June 1940) or 11 November 1942 in the southern zone (the date of the German invasion of this zone). * The government retained the right to authorize titles unilaterally. A list was published by decree (to be located). * Scientific, technical, and professional journals were exempt from seizure. * Both material assets (printing facilities) and intan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strategic Bombing During World War II
World War II (1939–1945) involved sustained strategic bombing of railways, harbours, cities, workers' and civilian housing, and industrial districts in enemy territory. Strategic bombing as a military strategy is distinct both from close air support of ground forces and from Air supremacy#World War II, tactical air power. During World War II, many military strategists of air power believed that air forces could win major victories by attacking industrial and political infrastructure, rather than purely military targets. Strategic bombing often involved bombing areas inhabited by Non-combatant, civilians, and some campaigns were deliberately designed to target civilian populations in order to terrorism, terrorize them or to weaken their morale. International law at the outset of World War II did not specifically forbid the aerial bombardment of cities – despite the prior occurrence of such bombing during World War I (1914–1918), the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939), and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Le Gorgeu
Victor Le Gorgeu (5 May 1881 – 11 September 1963) was a French physician, politician, and resistance figure during World War II. Born in Quimper he pursued a dual career in medicine and public service. Early life and medical career Le Gorgeu graduated as a physician at the École du service de santé des armées in Bordeaux in 1904, earning accolades for his academic performance. He served as a medical officer in the French colonial forces, with postings in Tonkin, Mauritania, and Senegal. In 1911, he left the army and established the first medical analysis laboratory in Brest. During World War I, Le Gorgeu served as a battalion physician and later as head of a field ambulance unit in the Army of the Orient. Political career Le Gorgeu entered politics in 1919, becoming a departmental councilor for Finistère and from 1929 as a modernising mayor of Brest which was brought to an end in 1941 by his refusal to vote on an address of confidence to Marshal Petain. He was al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vichy Policies
Vichy France (; 10 July 1940 – 9 August 1944), officially the French State ('), was a French rump state headed by Marshal Philippe Pétain during World War II, established as a result of the French capitulation after the Battle of France, defeat against Germany. It was named after its seat of government, the city of Vichy. Officially independent, but with half of its Metropolitan France, territory occupied under the harsh terms of Armistice of 22 June 1940, the 1940 armistice with Nazi Germany, it adopted Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, a policy of collaboration. Though Paris was nominally its capital, the government established itself in Vichy in the unoccupied "free zone" (). The German military administration in occupied France during World War II, occupation of France by Germany at first affected only the northern and western portions of the country. In November 1942, the Allies Operation Torch, occupied French North Africa, and in response the Germa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
