1. Gabriel Auphan continued to lead this mission as of August 1916, as second in command of aviso Laborieux, then at Kastelorizo on the coast of Anatolia.
10 Facts About Gabriel Auphan
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Gabriel Auphan was appointed to command the destroyer La Palme in the Mediterranean in 1929, Capitaine de frigate in April 1930, he was tasked to manage and run the application school of the enseignes de vaisseau embarked on board the 1st Light Division which replaced in provision the Jeanne-d'Arc and conducted accordingly a long campaign on the African coasts, Antilles and the Mediterranean.
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Gabriel Auphan then commanded a squadron of large destroyers comprising Guepard and Jaguar in the Mediterranean.
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Gabriel Auphan exercised the functions of military governor of Polynesia.
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Gabriel Auphan was accordingly assigned to studies section of the Etat-Major general.
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Gabriel Auphan held his own views regarding the evacuation at Dunkirk or by Operation Catapult.
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At Vichy, the counter-admiral Auphan was part of the tenant groups which harbored a political view of attentisme.
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On November 11,1942, chef d'etat major, counter-admiral Gabriel Auphan ordered the two admirals of Toulon to:.
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Gabriel Auphan dedicated his life later to writings: a close figure to General Maxime Weygand or Colonel Remy, he published his memoirs, defended his views and remained loyal to the memories of Marshal Philippe Petain.
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The Counter-admiral Gabriel Auphan was a member of the Association of Catholic writers until his death, in 1982.