Hvem daterede Paul Reynaud?

Paul Reynaud (15. oktober 1878 – 21. september 1966) var Frankrigs premierminister fra 21. marts til 16. juni 1940 under 2. verdenskrig.

Han måtte træde tilbage da han nægtede at bede om våbenhvile med Nazi-Tyskland under Slaget om Frankrig. Han blev anholdt af Vichy-regeringen den 5. september 1940 og vedblev fange indtil krigens afslutning i 1945.

Hélène de Portes (née Rebuffel; 1902 – 28 June 1940) was a Frenchwoman best remembered for the strong influence she exerted on her lover Paul Reynaud, premier of France under the Third Republic, shortly before and at the time France's June 1940 debacle at the hands of Nazi Germany. A Fascist sympathizer, she was described as '..a middle aged woman, with a shrill voice, and a clamorous, demanding manner, who chatted like a magpie and lost her temper with ease.' Charles de Gaulle called her 'a turkey', while Winston Churchill nicknamed her 'the parrot'.