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Darnand, Joseph

Date of birth:
March 19th, 1897 (Coligny, France)
Date of death:
October 10th, 1945 (Fort de Châtillon, France)
Nationality:
French (1870-present, Republic)

Biography

Promotions:
SS-Sturmbannführer.

Military career:
1914-1918: First World War
1940: Légion Francaise des combattants
1941: Service d'ordre légionnaire
1944: Secrétaire-général au maintien de l’ordre
1944: Secrétaire d’État à l’Intérieur

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Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
July 23rd, 1918
Médaille Militaire
Awarded on:
April 7th, 1927
Chevalier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
May 1940
For recovering the body of his chief, Captain Agnely, killed in action.
Officier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)

With 6 citations
Croix de Guerre (1914-1918)

Sources

  • Photo 1: (Public Domain)
  • - Marc Ferro, Pétain, Paris, Fayard, 1987 (réimpr. 2008), 789 p. (ISBN 978-2-213-01833-1).
    - Gérard Chauvy, Histoire sombre de la milice – Le dossier de la phalange maudite de la France de 1943, Ixelles Éditions, 2012, p. 15.