Édouard Daladier

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Édouard Daladier (June 18, 1884 - October 10, 1970) was a French politician, and Prime Minister of France at the start of the Second World War.

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He was born in Carpentras. A government minister in various posts during the coalition governments between 1924 and 1928, he was instrumental in the Radical Party's break with the Socialists in 1926, and with the conservative Raymond Poincaré in November 1928.

Daladier became a leading member of the Radicals. He first became Prime Minister during 1933, and then again in 1934 for a few weeks when the Stavisky Affair led to far right rioting and the left's fall from power.

Daladier became Minister of War for the Popular Front coalition in 1936, and became Prime Minister again on April 10, 1938 after the fall of the Popular Front. His term in power saw the Munich Agreement, when France backed out of its obligations to defend Czechoslovakia against Nazi Germany. When the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was signed, Daladier responded to the public outcry by outlawing the French Communist Party, which had refused to condemn Joseph Stalin's actions. In 1939, after the German invasion of Poland he was reluctant to go to war, but did so on September 3, 1939 - inaugurating the Phony War.

In March 1940 he resigned as Prime Minister in France, due to his failure to aid Finland's defense during the Winter War, and was replaced with Paul Reynaud. His antipathy to Paul Reynaud prevented Reynaud from replacing the aged Maurice Gamelin as Supreme Commander of all French armed forces. As a result, both Reynaud and Gamelin resigned on May 9, 1940, the day before the Germans began their invasion campaign on May 10. Daladier fled with other members of the government to Morocco, under the impression that the government would continue in North Africa, but was arrested and tried for treason by the Vichy government. He was a prisoner of the Germans until the end of World War II.

After the conflict ended, Daladier was a member of the Chamber of Deputies, and an opponent of Charles de Gaulle. He died in Paris.

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Daladier's First Government, 31 January - 26 October 1933

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Daladier's Second Ministry, 30 January - 9 February 1934

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Daladier's Third Ministry, 10 April 1938 - 21 March 1940

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