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René-Charles Platon (19 September 1886 – 28 August 1944) was a French admiral who was responsible for the Colonial Ministry under the Vichy government. He was a passionate supporter of the ''Révolution nationale'' (National Revolution) of Vichy France, which he wanted to export to the colonies. He was hostile to elected bodies, anti-Semitic, anti-Masonic and supported the back-to-the-soil movement. He saw Britain as the enemy of France. After the Allied invasion of Normandy in the summer of 1944 he was captured by French partisans, given a summary trial and executed. ==Early years (1886–1918)== Charles Platon was born in Pujols-sur-Dordogne, Gironde, on 19 September 1886. His father was a librarian at the Bordeaux Faculty of Law, and his mother was a professor at the Normal School. Platon was admitted to the Naval School at the age of 18, where he did well. He became a Midshipman on 5 October 1907 in the port of Toulon. On 1 January 1908 he was assigned to the battle cruiser ''Léon-Gambetta''. He was again posted to the port of Toulon on 1 January 1909. On 5 October 1909 he was promoted to Ensign. He was appointed to the battle cruiser ''Victor-Hugo'' on 1 January 1911. On 1 January 1912 Platon entered the School of Destroyer Officers in Toulon. He was made an officer, and on 1 January 1914 was made second in command of the submarine ''Germinal'' based in Cherbourg''. Platon was promoted to Lieutenant on 17 March 1917. On October 1917 he was given command of the submarine ''Opale'' in the Mediterranean. He was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles Platon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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