The Admiral Who Opened the Door: The Treason of Jean-Pierre Esteva
November 1942. As Allied forces storm North Africa, a French admiral in Tunis holds the key to the fate of the campaign. German planes circle. Fuel stocks sit ready. One decision will either bar the door… or throw it wide open for the Axis.
Admiral Jean-Pierre Esteva, a decorated hero of the First World War and trusted servant of Marshal Pétain, chooses collaboration. What follows is a story of loyalty, power, and the thin line between duty and treason that would later see him condemned by a liberated France.
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