Marquis was préfet maritime of Toulon, and as such, responsible for the administration of the city. He was captured by the Germans in the wake of their attempt to capture the French fleet, but his assistant managed to warn other officers and transmit the order to scuttle the fleet.
At the Liberation, he was tried for treason, failure to save his fleet, and failing to deliver his fleet to the Allies, and indignité nationale.
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andré, marquis, october, 1883, october, 1957, french, vichyist, admiral, famous, scuttling, french, fleet, toulon, born24, october, 1883died15, october, 1957, 1957, aged, allegiance, franceservice, branch, french, navy, marquis, préfet, maritime, toulon, such,. Andre Marquis 24 October 1883 15 October 1957 was a French Vichyist admiral famous for the scuttling of the French fleet in Toulon Andre MarquisBorn24 October 1883Died15 October 1957 1957 10 15 aged 73 Allegiance FranceService wbr branch French Navy Marquis was prefet maritime of Toulon and as such responsible for the administration of the city He was captured by the Germans in the wake of their attempt to capture the French fleet but his assistant managed to warn other officers and transmit the order to scuttle the fleet At the Liberation he was tried for treason failure to save his fleet and failing to deliver his fleet to the Allies and indignite nationale This biographical article related to the French military is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Andre Marquis amp oldid 1193676294, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
