Muselier

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Leonard W. Murray - World War II and The Battle of The Atlantic
... While based in Newfoundland, Admiral Murray hosted a visit from the Free French Admiral Muselier ... Acting on orders from the Admiralty, Murray gave Muselier temporary command of three French corvettes and a submarine that were assigned to Murray's fleet, for passage to Halifax ... On return from Halifax, Muselier took the vessels to Vichy-controlled St Pierre and Miquelon, and on 24 December 1941 raised the Free French flag to claim the islands for ...
Renaud Muselier
... Renaud Muselier, born 6 May 1959, is a French politician. 2002 - Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs He is the grandson of Admiral Émile Muselier ...
Émile Muselier - Role in The Free French
... française libre Commandos de Marine People Charles De Gaulle Émile Muselier Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu Philippe Kieffer Ships Ships of the FNFL On 1 July 1940, General de Gaulle named Muselier commander of ... The same day, Admiral Muselier wrote his own appeal, addressed to sailors and pilots ... In 1940, the Vichy regime sentenced Muselier to death in absentia and confiscated all of his possessions ...
Émile Muselier - Early Career
... Muselier's career started with a campaign in the Far East, several others in the Adriatic, one in Albania, which overlapped with a stay in Toulon ... Muselier received his first real command, of the aviso Scape, in April 1918 ... For his service in World War I, Muselier was awarded the Navy Cross ...
Free French Naval Forces - History
... was joined by vice-admiral Émile Muselier, who had come from Gibraltar by flying boat ... Muselier was the only flag officer of the French Navy to answer the call of De Gaulle ... To distinguish the FNFL from the Vichist forces, vice-admiral Émile Muselier created the bow flag displaying the French colours with a red cross of Lorraine, and a cocarde also featuring the ...