Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle | |
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Born | |
Died | 26 December 1942 Algiers, French Algeria | (aged 20)
Cause of death | Execution by firing squad |
Nationality | French |
Known for | Assassination 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.