Before The War
Jacques Foccart was born in Ambrières, in the Mayenne département, to a family of white planters from the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. During World War II, he represented de Gaulle and the Resistance in the Mayenne département, which led to him becoming secretary general of the Rally of the French People (RPF) during the Fourth Republic (1946–1958).
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“Let the erring sisters depart in peace; the idea of getting up a civil war to compel the weaker States to remain in the Union appears to us horrible to the last degree.”
—Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815–1884)