Darius Paul Dassault born Darius Paul Bloch (13 January 1882–1969) was a French general who was in the French Résistance in World War II.

He was born at Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

. His alias Dassault developed when he was in the French Résistance. The name alludes to the code name "Chardasso" and is derived from "char d'assaut", the French term for "tank". He was the elder brother of Marcel Dassault

Marcel Dassault

Marcel Dassault, born Marcel Bloch was a French aircraft industrialist.-Biography:Dassault was born in Paris. After graduating from the lycée Condorcet, Breguet School and Supaero, he invented a type of aircraft propeller used by the French army during World War I and founded the Société des...

, the aviation engineer.

Career

• 20 March 1933 : rank of Brigade General
  Brigade General
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   (général de brigade)
• 23 March 1936 : rank of Division General
  Division General
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   (général de division)
• 19 December 1938 : rank of Corps General
  Corps General
  Corps General is a rank corresponding to the Commonwealth and US rank of Lieutenant General. For convenience the rank in foreign armies is normally actually translated as Lieutenant General. In France a général de corps d'armée is actually an appointment of Divisional General, rather than a...
  
   (général de corps d’armée)
• 1940 : Commander of Anti-Aircraft Artillery
• 1941-1944 : Resistant
  Resistance
  - Physics :* Electrical resistance, a measure of the degree to which an object opposes an electric current through it* Friction, the force that opposes motion** Drag , fluid or gas forces opposing motion and flow...
  
   under the name Rapp, then Chardasso
• 1944 : first free French Military Governor of Paris.
• 31 December 1947 : rank of Army General
  Army General
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  (général d'armée)

External links

• Darius Paul Dassault (English)
• Darius Paul Dassault (French)
• http://web.genealogie.free.fr/Les_militaires/France/Annuaires_militaires/Etats_de_service_1940.htm