People of the Revolution and the USSR
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Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu
Carmelite friar and Free French admiral whose Republic of Cochinchina as High Commissioner opened the road to war
Military command · France state institutions
1889–1964
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Jacques Duclos Jacques Duclos
The PCF's number two for 37 years: a Stalinist who moved between parliament and the underground
Political and party leadership · French Communist Party (PCF)
1896–1975
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Henri Navarre Henri Navarre
Last commander of the French Far East Expeditionary Corps, who chose to fortify Điện Biên Phủ and met defeat there in 1954
Military command · France state institutions
1898–1983
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Georges Bidault Georges Bidault
From Resistance chief to architect of the Marshall Plan response, the foreign minister who told Molotov that Soviet actions divided Europe
Government and administration · France state institutions
1899–1983
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Raoul Salan Raoul Salan
French commander in the First Indochina War and leader of the OAS.
Military command · France state institutions
1899–1984
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Christian de Castries Christian de Castries
French general who commanded the Điện Biên Phủ fortress in 1954 and was captured when it fell
Military command · France state institutions
1902–1991
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Jean Sainteny Jean Sainteny
French resistance veteran and official who concluded the 6 March 1946 preliminary agreement with Ho Chi Minh
Diplomacy and international organization · France state institutions
1907–1978
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Pierre Mendès France Pierre Mendès France
French prime minister who promised a ceasefire within four months after Điện Biên Phủ and concluded the 1954 Geneva Accords
Government and administration · France state institutions
1907–1982
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Louis Pierre Althusser Louis Althusser
The thinker who found a new continent in Marx: founder of structural Marxism
Scholarship and theory · French Communist Party (PCF)
1918–1990