Pierre Brossolette (June 25, 1903 - March 22, 1944) was a French socialist, journalist and member of French Resistance. June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 189 days remaining. ... 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in Leap years). ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 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. ...

Pierre Brossolette was born in Paris, France. He graduated from l'École Normale Supérieure in 1925 and joined the French Socialist Party in 1929. He worked as a journalist for Notre Temps, L'Europe Nouvelle and the socialist party paper Le Populaire. He also worked for Radio-PTT but when he opposed the Munich Agreement in the air in 1939, he was fired. The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... The quadrangle at the main ENS building on rue dUlm is known as the Cour aux Ernests – the Ernests being the goldfish in the pond. ... The emblem of the French Socialist Party The Socialist Party (Parti Socialiste or PS), founded in 1969, is the main opposition party in France. ... Chamberlain holds the paper containing the resolution to commit to peaceful methods signed by both Hitler and himself on his return from Germany in September 1938. ...

When the World War II broke out, he joined the army as a lieutenant and reached the rank of captain before the fall of France. He disapproved of the Vichy Regime and participated in founding of the resistance groups Libération-Nord and the Organisation civile et militaire in Vichy area. He later joined the Comité d'Action Socialiste. When Vichy regime forbade him to teach, Brossolette and his wife opened a bookstore in Paris. The store became a resistance meeting place. Combatants Allied Powers Axis Powers Commanders {{{commander1}}} {{{commander2}}} Strength {{{strength1}}} {{{strength2}}} Casualties 37 million Civilians 25 million military World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th century conflict that engulfed much of the globe and is accepted as the largest and deadliest war in... A Lieutenant is a military, paramilitary or police officer. ... Captain is both a nautical term and a military rank. ... Vichy France (French: now called Régime de Vichy or Vichy; called itself at the time État Français, or French State) was the French state of 1940-1944 which was a puppet government under Nazi influence, as opposed to the Free French Forces, based first in London and later in Algiers. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...

In April 1942 Brossolette slipped to London as a resistance representative to meet Charles de Gaulle. He worked for Free French Secret Service, BCRA (Bureau Central de Renseignement et d'Action), in liaison with the SOE, and was eventually parachuted back into Paris with André Dewavrin (a.k.a le Colonel Passy), BCRA's chief. General Charles André Joseph Marie De Gaulle ( â–¶(?)) (November 22, 1890-November 9, 1970), in France commonly referred to as général De Gaulle or Le Général, was a French military leader and statesman. ... The Special Operations Executive (SOE), often called the Baker Street Irregulars after Sherlock Holmess fictional group of spies, was a World War II organisation initiated by Winston Churchill and Hugh Dalton in July 1940 as a mechanism for conducting warfare by means other than direct military engagement. ... Andre Dewavrin (June 9, 1911 - December 21, 1998) was a French officer who served with Free French Forces intelligence services during World War II. Andre Dewavrin was born in France, the son of a businessman. ...

When he returned to Paris the second time, Gestapo had got his name from an arrested resistance member René Hardy and kept him under surveillance. He escaped arrest many times. In September 1943 he tried to return to Britain by boat but the vessel shipwrecked and Germans captured him. Initially Gestapo did not recognize him without papers but he was eventually arrested and taken to Gestapo HQ in Avenue Foch. He was heavily interrogated by torture. Afraid that he would break and reveal too much, he jumped to his death from a lavatory window in the HQ's sixth floor in Paris, on March 22, 1944. The Deaths Head emblem similar to Skull and crossbones, often used as the insignia of the Gestapo The â–¶(?) (acronym of Geheime Staatspolizei; secret state police) was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. ... René Hardy (1911-1987) was a French resistor during World War 2. ... Number 84 Avenue Foch was a building in Paris used by the German Gestapo during their occupation of Paris in World War II. The location is found on Avenue Foch, a wide residential boulevard in the 16e arrondissement which connects the Arc de Triomphe and the Porte Dauphine. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in Leap years). ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...