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Léon Daudet Léon Daudet The voice of Action Française, the polemicist who pushed a scandal from the page into the street day after day Literature and arts 1867–1942
Maxime Weygand Maxime Weygand From Foch's brilliant staff officer to a general of defeat and accommodation Military command · France state institutions 1867–1965
Charles Maurras Charles Maurras The brain of Action Française, the royalist theorist who denied the republic itself in the name of integral nationalism Political and party leadership · Action Française 1868–1952
François Coty François Coty The perfume magnate who bought both the far-right leagues and a mass newspaper Industry and production 1874–1934
Jean Chiappe Jean Chiappe The Paris prefect of police, hard on the left and indulgent to the leagues, whose dismissal lit the fuse of 6 February Security, intelligence and policing · France state institutions 1878–1940
François de La Rocque François de La Rocque The colonel of the Croix-de-Feu who turned his columns away from the Chamber Political and party leadership 1885–1946
Pierre Taittinger Pierre Taittinger The deputy who founded the Jeunesses Patriotes, holding a street force and a seat in the Chamber at once Political and party leadership 1887–1965
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny Jean de Lattre de Tassigny The general who defied Vichy and led the Liberation Army Military command · France state institutions 1889–1952
Jacques Doriot Jacques Doriot The Saint-Denis Communist who demanded the popular front first and ended a fascist Political and party leadership · French Communist Party (PCF) 1898–1945
René Bousquet René Bousquet Vichy police chief who negotiated with the occupier Security, intelligence and policing · France state institutions 1909–1993