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Armand Dorville
Armand Dorville (1875–1941) was a French art collector and lawyer whose art collection was plundered during the Nazi occupation of France. Early years Armand Isaac Dorville was born in 1875 into a family belonging to the old Parisian bourgeoisie. His great-grandfather, Alexis Francfort adopted the name Dorville in 1808. His father Léon Albert Dorville was a banker and director of the Bienfaisante israélite, a mutual aid society founded by his own father, Armand Théophile Dorville, in 1843. His mother, Léonie Monteaux, came from a family of bankers from Avignon, established in Paris since the beginning of the Restoration. After graduating from the Condorcet and Janson de Sailly high schools, Armand Dorville studied law and was admitted to the Paris Court of Appeals in 1897, earning his doctorate in law in 1901. He was awarded the thesis prize in 1902 for his thesis, ''De l'intérêt moral dans les obligations, étude de droit comparée sur le principe de réparation pécun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of France
The Battle of France (french: bataille de France) (10 May – 25 June 1940), also known as the Western Campaign ('), the French Campaign (german: Frankreichfeldzug, ) and the Fall of France, was the German invasion of France during the Second World War. On 3 September 1939, France declared war on Germany following the German invasion of Poland. In early September 1939, France began the limited Saar Offensive and by mid-October had withdrawn to their start lines. German armies invaded Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands on 10 May 1940. Italy entered the war on 10 June 1940 and attempted an invasion of France. France and the Low Countries were conquered, ending land operations on the Western Front until the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944. In ''Fall Gelb'' ("Case Yellow"), German armoured units made a surprise push through the Ardennes and then along the Somme valley, cutting off and surrounding the Allied units that had advanced into Belgium to meet the German armies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
