André Marquis
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André Marquis (24 October 1883 – 15 October 1957) was a French Vichyist admiral, famous for the scuttling of the French fleet in Toulon.
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At the Liberation, he was tried for treason, failure to save his fleet, and failing to deliver his fleet to the Allies, and indignité nationale.