''La Dépêche de Brest et de l'Ouest'' was a French regional daily newspaper published in
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 impor ...
, later relocated to
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 Septembe ...
, and circulated from 1886 to
1944
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 2 – WWII:
** Free France, Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command First Army (France), French Army B, part of the Sixt ...
.
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
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 Septembe ...
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
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for
collaboration
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with Germany and was replaced by ''
Le Télégramme
''Le Télégramme'' is a French-language daily newspaper from the Brittany region of France, based in the commune of Morlaix. It was founded in 1944 and still exists to this day, although circulation has been declining since 2012.
History and pro ...
''.
Archives
The archives of ''La Dépêche de Brest et de l'Ouest'' have been available online since 1 January 2013, thanks to a joint effort by the Brest archives and the newspaper ''
Le Télégramme
''Le Télégramme'' is a French-language daily newspaper from the Brittany region of France, based in the commune of Morlaix. It was founded in 1944 and still exists to this day, although circulation has been declining since 2012.
History and pro ...
''.
Nearly 120,000 pages were digitized over five months and made accessible to the public.
References
Bibliography
* Jean-Pierre Coudurier, ''La Dépêche de Brest : naissance et avatars d'un journal de province témoin de son temps'', 1999, Éditions Le Télégramme,
*
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Places
*Georges River, New South Wales, Australia
* Georges Quay (Dublin)
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Other uses
* Georges (name)
* ''Georges'' (novel), a novel by Alexandre Dumas
* "Georges" (song), a 19 ...
, ''La Presse bretonne dans la collaboration, 1940–1944'', Fouesnant, Yoran embanner, 2022.
External links
Digitized archives of ''La Dépêche de Brest''
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Newspapers established in 1886
French newspapers confiscated for collaboration
Defunct newspapers published in France
Mass media in Brest, France