Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle

Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle
Born(1922-11-04)4 November 1922
Died26 December 1942(1942-12-26) (aged 20)
Algiers, French Algeria
Cause of deathExecution by firing squad
NationalityFrench
Known forAssassination of François Darlan

Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle (4 November 1922 – 26 December 1942)[1] was a royalist member of the French Resistance during World War II. He assassinated Admiral of the Fleet François Darlan, the former chief of government of Vichy France and the high commissioner of French North Africa and West Africa, on 24 December 1942.

  1. ^ "MémorialGenWeb Fiche individuelle". www.memorialgenweb.org. Retrieved 2019-11-03.