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Encyclopedia > Marcel Dassault

Marcel Dassault, born Marcel Bloch, (Paris, 22 January 1892 - Neuilly-sur-Seine, 17 April 1986) was a French aircraft industrialist. The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Neuilly-sur-Seine is a commune in the Hauts-de-Seine département in France. ... April 17 is the 107th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (108th in leap years). ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An aircraft is any machine capable of atmospheric flight. ... Industrialist mainly refers to a person who takes a leading or visionary role in the process of building up an industry over a long time. ...


He invented a type of aircraft propeller used by the French army during World War I and founded the Societé des Avions Marcel Bloch aircraft company. Following the nationalization of his company in 1936, under the Front Populaire, he stayed as a director. This article needs a complete rewrite for the reasons listed on the talk page. ... World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machineguns, and poison gas. ... Nationalization or Nationalisation is the act of taking assets into state ownership. ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Popular Front (Front Populaire) was an alliance of left-wing political parties that came into power in France following the 1936 elections. ...


As a Jew, he was deported to Buchenwald during World War II, refusing collaboration with the German aviation industry. Deportation is the expelling of someone from a country. ... Slave laborers in the Buchenwald concentration camp (Elie Wiesel is second row, seventh from left). ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th-century conflict that engulfed much of the...


He changed his name from Bloch to Dassault in 1949. Dassault was the pseudonym of his brother, General Paul Bloch, in the French resistance and means "for assault", originally from "char d'assault", French for tank. 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... The French Resistance is the name used for resistance movements that fought military occupation of France by Nazi Germany and the Vichy France undemocratic regime during World War II after the government and the high command of France surrendered in 1940. ...


After the war, Dassault built the foremost military aircraft manufacturer in France, Avions Marcel Dassault. He was succeeded by his son Serge as head of the group. Serge Dassault (born 4 April 1925) is a French entrepreneur and conservative politician. ...


Marcel Dassault is interred in the Passy Cemetery in the Parisian suburb of Passy. The Cimetière de Passy is a famous cemetery located in 2, rue du Commandant Schœlsing, in the quarter of Passy in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. ... Passy is an exclusive suburb on the Right Bank of Paris, France and traditional home to many of the citys wealthiest residents. ...


See also

The Société des Avions Marcel Bloch was a French aircraft manufacturer of military and civilian aircrafts, that further changed its name in Dassault Aviation, after the end of the second great conflict. ... The Dassault Group is a French group of companies led by Serge Dassault. ... Formerly named Societé des Avions Marcel Bloch or MB, the Dassault Aviation is a French aircraft manufacturer of military, regional and business jets. ...

External links

  • Marcel Dassault - Dassault Aviation site

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Marcel Dassault - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (200 words)
Marcel Dassault, born Marcel Bloch, (Paris, 22 January 1892 - Neuilly-sur-Seine, 17 April 1986) was a French aircraft industrialist.
Dassault was the pseudonym of his brother, General Darius Paul Bloch, in the French resistance and means "for assault", originally from "char d'assaut", French for tank.
Marcel Dassault was buried in the Passy Cemetery in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.
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