Armand Léon Annet was born in Paris in 1888, in Rue de Babylone. Annet was Governor of
French Somaliland from 1935 to 1937. He was Lieutenant-Governor of
Dahomey from 1938 to 1940. In 1940, Annet sided with
Vichy France after the
Fall of France. As the Vichy Governor-General of
Madagascar from 1941 to 1942, Annet was involved in the
Battle of Madagascar. Starting on 5 May 1942, he defended the island with about 8,000 troops. On 5 November 1942, Annet surrendered his remaining forces near
Ihosy, on the south of the island. By continuing to fight for 6 months he had become entitled to a higher pension. After the war, in 1947, he was convicted of
indignité nationale. Annet died in Paris in 1973. == See also ==