Henri D'Astier De La Vigerie

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Henri d'Astier de La Vigerie (11 September 1897 - 10 October 1952) was a French soldier, Résistance member, and conservative politician.Henri d'Astier was born in Villedieu-sur-Indre, a small village in the Indre département of central France. His military career began in 1915, and, by the end of World War I, he had reached the rank of lieutenant, and he had been awarded the Legion of Honor. Politically, d'Astier was strongly conservative and Roman Catholic. In particular, he believed that the republican form of government was inherently weak and ineffective and that France would be stronger under a traditional monarchy. He was an admirer of Charles Maurras, a prominent monarchist intellectual and poet. It is possible that d'Astier was involved in La Cagoule, a fascist-leaning organisation that sought the French Republic's overthrow.