Maurice d'Hartoy
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Maurice d'Hartoy whose real name was Mauritius-Lucien Hanot, also known as Lieutenant d’Hartoy, was a soldier
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, politician
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 and French writer
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Injured during World War I
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, d’Hartoy was first known for his book entitled Au front, impressions et souvenirs d'un officier blessé (At the front, impressions and memories of a wounded officer ) (1916). In 1919, he edited Le Courrier de Paris, a literary journal for veterans. On 26 November 1927, he founded the veterans’ association known as Croix-de-Feu
Croix-de-Feu
Croix-de-Feu was a French far right league of the Interwar period, led by Colonel François de la Rocque . After it was dissolved, as were all other far right leagues during the Popular Front period , de la Rocque replaced it with the Parti social français .- Beginnings :The Croix-de-Feu were...

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In addition to his militant activity, he wrote several novel
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s, books on literary criticism
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 and biographies
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 of other writers. D'Hartoy was also a French representative at the League of Nations
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 and the United Nations
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  • This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia
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    , consulted on June 7, 2008.
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