Marcel Dassault

Marcel Dassault, born Marcel Bloch, (Paris, 22 January, 1892 - Neuilly-sur-Seine, 17 April, 1986) was a French aircraft industrialist.

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He invented a type of aircraft propeller used by the French army during World War I and founded the Societ? des Avions Marcel Bloch aircraft company. Following the nationalization of his company in 1936, under the Front Populaire, he stayed as a director.

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As a Jew, he was deported to Buchenwald during World War II, refusing collaboration with the German aviation industry.

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He changed his name from Bloch to Dassault in 1949. Dassault was the pseudonym of his brother, General Paul Bloch, in the French resistance and means "for assault", originally from "char d'assault", French for tank.

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After the war, Dassault built the foremost military aircraft manufacturer in France, Avions Marcel Dassault. He was succeeded by his son Serge as head of the group.

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Marcel Dassault is interred in the Passy Cemetery in the Parisian suburb of Passy.

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Marcel Achard and Jeanne Moreau 1958	Artist Marcel Duchamp Attending a Texas Art Show	Artist Marcel Duchamp Attending a Texas Art Show	Marcel Proust French Writer Relaxing on an Ornate Sofa
French Horn by Marcel Auguste Raoux Paris circa 1826	Stuart Whitman and Marcel Bozzuffi: Le Jour et L'Heure 1963	Pyjamas Designed by Marcel Rochas	Vincent Scotto and Marcel Pagnol on The Set of Jofroi 1933
Jean Gabin Roland Lesaffre and Marcel Carné: Líair De Paris 1954	The Murder of Etienne Marcel	The Palace of Ctesiphon from "L'Art Antique de La Perse" by Marcel Dieulafoy Published 1884-85