amightydirge:Political Cartoon of Adolf Hitler and Pierre Laval, by Dr. Seuss. Pierre Laval was a Fr
amightydirge:Political Cartoon of Adolf Hitler and Pierre Laval, by Dr. Seuss. Pierre Laval was a French Politician, first gaining power near the end of WWI. His career would be marked by appeasement to, and collaboration with, the Axis powers, both before and during WWII. In the failed Hoare-Laval Pact, Abyssinia (modern-day Ethiopia) was handed over to the Italian fascists. Fortunately, both the British and French governments worked to stop the Pact from being signed in, ultimately killing it. However, when the French were defeated and the Vichy Regime created, Laval wormed his way in as the 2nd in command of the new Regime. Laval was very cooperative with Berlin, using forced conscription to send French citizens to Germany as laborers, and directly allowing the Germans to export French Jews to concentration camps in the East. After the war, Laval tried to escape along with other Vichy officials, eventually fleeing to Fascist Spain. Despite the informal alliance between Spain and the Axis powers during WWII, the Spanish Dictator Francisco Franco arrested Laval and his companions, then handed them over to the victorious Allied powers. Laval was tried for war crimes and treason, and was sentenced to death. On October 15th, 1945, Laval was executed by the firing squad. -- source link
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