1931: Rule of law flouted, gendarmes on the front line, an unprecedented mobilization against crime in Corsica
The bloody clashes between the police and bandits push the prefect to use “the strong way”. Laval launches a vast operation “purification of the maquis” sweeping wide with 600 men and armored cars One morning in November 1931, the access roads to Ajaccio were blocked, the telephone and the telegraph cut off. Villages serving as … Read more
