Algiers in World War II

The atlas holds 5 people and 5 moments here, from 1940 to 1945. The most recorded lives are Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Charles de Gaulle and Le Corbusier.

Notable people

1. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

   in 1943

   1 moment here

   French writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900–1944) pioneered airmail flying in Europe, Africa, and South America, wrote works including…

2. Charles de Gaulle

   in 1943

   1 moment here

   French army officer, leader of Free France during the Second World War, head of France's Provisional Government, and president of the French Fifth…

3. Franklin Delano Roosevelt

   in 1945

   1 moment here

   Franklin Delano Roosevelt was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as New York state senator, assistant secretary of the Navy,…

4. Howard Florey

   in 1943

   1 moment here

   Australian pharmacologist and pathologist who led the Oxford team that developed penicillin into a practical therapeutic drug.…

5. Le Corbusier

   in 1940

   1 moment here

   Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, painter, writer, and urban planner.…

Moments

1. 1940 Algiers wartime planning efforts Le Corbusier
2. 1943 Departure for Algiers Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
3. 1943 Moved Free French headquarters to Algiers Charles de Gaulle
4. 1943 Field trials in Algiers Howard Florey
5. 1945 Briefs ambassadors in Algiers Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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