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Henri III, King of France Jacques Clément: Killed due to religious-political antagonism. 14 May 1610: Henri IV, King of France François Ravaillac: Killed due to religious-political antagonism. 24 April 1617: Concino Concini, chief minister to King Louis XIII: shot outside the Paris City Hall after being surrounded by an armed mob. 14 July 1789
During World War II, 1.2 million African Americans served in the U.S. Armed Forces and 708 were killed in action. 350,000 American women served in the Armed Forces during World War II and 16 were killed in action. [343] During World War II, 26,000 Japanese-Americans served in the Armed Forces and over 800 were killed in action. [344]
This list considers only the incumbent head of state or government. Heads of state or government assassinated or executed after they left office (e.g. Aldo Moro , Saddam Hussein and Shinzo Abe ) are excluded.
Otherwise notable people killed serving with the French armed forces during World War II. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
This was the first time a German president had come to the site of one of the biggest World War II massacres on French soil. [ 26 ] On 28 April 2017, French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron visited Oradour-sur-Glane and met with the only remaining survivor of the massacre, Robert Hébras . [ 27 ]
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle [a] [b] (22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Republic from 1944 to 1946 to restore democracy in France.
French military personnel killed in action (9 C, ... (1 C, 3 P) French casualties of World War II (2 C, 1 P) Pages in category "French war casualties"
The Le Paradis massacre was a World War II war crime committed by members of the 14th Company, SS Division Totenkopf, under the command of Hauptsturmführer Fritz Knöchlein. It took place on 27 May 1940, during the Battle of France , at a time when troops of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) were attempting to retreat through the Pas-de ...