François de La Rocque

Japanese: ラ･ロック（英語表記）François de La Rocque

1885‐1946
A count and leader of right-wing groups in France. In 1928 he retired as a lieutenant colonel, and in the following year he joined the Croix de Fou, a small group of former soldiers who had served in the front lines. Under his leadership, the Croix de Fou transformed into a mass political group that advocated a national revolution, and was seen by the left as the most dangerous fascist group. After the armistice of 1940, he supported Marshal Pétain, but he drew a line around himself as an extreme collaborator with Germany, and in 1943 he was arrested by German military authorities. [Yamagiwa Kiyoshi]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1885‐1946
フランスの右翼団体の指導者，伯爵。1928年，退役中佐となり，翌29年に旧出征軍人の小団体クロア･ド･フーに加入した。クロア･ド･フーは彼の指導の下で，国民革命を標榜する大衆的政治団体に転換し，左翼から最も危険なファシスト団体と目された。40年の休戦後はペタン元帥を支持したが，極端な対ドイツ協力派とは一線を画し，43年，ドイツ軍当局に逮捕された。【山極潔】

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