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Pierre de Bénouville
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Pierre de Bénouville (8 August 1914 – 5 December 2001[1]) was a French Army officer, member of the Resistance, author, and politician.
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In 1941 he was arrested by the Vichy police for trying to join the Free France Forces, which led him to dedicate himself to the resistance and create the Radio-Patrie movement. In 1943 the movement was absorbed into the Mouvements unis de la Résistance, so he became a member of the executive committee, and he later fought in Italy in 1944.[2] For his work with the Resistance during World War Two, he was awarded the Legion of Honour.[3]
He was a member of the French National Assembly in the 1950s for Ille-et-Vilaine, but would later represent Paris from 1970 to 1993.[4]
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