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The Minister of Armaments and War Production (French : Ministre de l'Armement et des fabrications de guerre) was a position in the France cabinet during World War I (1914–18), and the Minister of Armaments (French : Ministre à l’Armement} was a cabinet post during and after World War II (1939–45).

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French is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the spoken Latin in Gaul, and more specifically in Northern Gaul. Its closest relatives are the other langues d'oïl—languages historically spoken in northern France and in southern Belgium, which French (Francien) has largely supplanted. French was also influenced by native Celtic languages of Northern Roman Gaul like Gallia Belgica and by the (Germanic) Frankish language of the post-Roman Frankish invaders. Today, owing to France's past overseas expansion, there are numerous French-based creole languages, most notably Haitian Creole. A French-speaking person or nation may be referred to as Francophone in both English and French.

World War I 1914–1918 global war originating in Europe

World War I, also known as the First World War or the Great War, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918. Contemporaneously described as "the war to end all wars", it led to the mobilisation of more than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, making it one of the largest wars in history. It is also one of the deadliest conflicts in history, with an estimated nine million combatants and seven million civilian deaths as a direct result of the war, while resulting genocides and the 1918 influenza pandemic caused another 50 to 100 million deaths worldwide.

World War II 1939–1945 global war

World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. The vast majority of the world's countries—including all the great powers—eventually formed two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. A state of total war emerged, directly involving more than 100 million people from over 30 countries. The major participants threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. World War II was the deadliest conflict in human history, marked by 50 to 85 million fatalities, most of whom were civilians in the Soviet Union and China. It included massacres, the genocide of the Holocaust, strategic bombing, premeditated death from starvation and disease, and the only use of nuclear weapons in war.

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Ministers

Start End Officeholder Title
12 December 1916 12 September 1917 Albert Thomas [1] Ministre de l'Armement et des fabrications de guerre
12 September 1917 16 November 1918 Louis Loucheur [2] Ministre de l'Armement, des fabrications de guerre et de la Reconstruction industrielle
13 September 1939 16 June 1940 Raoul Dautry [3] Ministre à l’Armement
7 June 1943 9 November 1943 Jean Monnet [4] Commissaire à l'Armement, à l'Approvisionnement et à la Reconstruction
21 November 1945 16 December 1946 Charles Tillon [5] Ministre à l’Armement
20 January 1952 8 March 1952 Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury [6] Ministre à l’Armement

Sub-Secretaries of State

Start End Officeholder Title
26 August 1914 12 December 1916 Albert Thomas [1] Sous-secrétariat d'Etat à l'artillerie et à l'équipement militaire
14 December 1916 13 November 1917 Jules Breton [7] Sous-secrétaire d'Etat des inventions intéressant la défense nationale
14 December 1916 12 September 1917 Louis Loucheur [2] Sous-secrétaire d'État de l'Armement et la Fabrication de guerre chargé des Fabrications de guerre
21 March 10 May 1940 François Blancho Sous-secrétaire d'État à l'Armement
24 June 1946 18 December 1946 Georges Gosnat Sous-secrétaire d'État à l'Armement
16 December 1946 22 January 1947 Paul Béchard [8] Sous-secrétaire d'État à l'Armement
31 October 1947 24 November 1947 Joannès Dupraz Sous-secrétaire d'État à l'Armement
20 January 1955 23 February 1955 Diomède Catroux [9] Sous-secrétaire d'État à l'Armement

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References

    1. 1 2 Albert THOMAS DIT ALBERT-THOMAS.
    2. 1 2 Louis LOUCHEUR.
    3. ↑ Raoul François DAUTRY ... Les Annales des Mines.
    4. ↑ Le Comité français de la libération nationale.
    5. ↑ Charles, Joseph TILLON, ANF.
    6. ↑ Maurice, Jean, Marie BOURGÈS-MAUNOURY.
    7. ↑ Jules-Louis BRETON.
    8. ↑ Paul BÉCHARD.
    9. ↑ Diomède, Anne, Claude CATROUX.

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