Van wie was Hélène de Portes?

Hélène de Portes (née Rebuffel; 1902 – 28 June 1940) was a Frenchwoman best remembered for the strong influence she exerted on her lover Paul Reynaud, premier of France under the Third Republic, shortly before and at the time France's June 1940 debacle at the hands of Nazi Germany. A Fascist sympathizer, she was described as '..a middle aged woman, with a shrill voice, and a clamorous, demanding manner, who chatted like a magpie and lost her temper with ease.' Charles de Gaulle called her 'a turkey', while Winston Churchill nicknamed her 'the parrot'.

Paul Reynaud (Barcelonnette, 15 oktober 1878 - Neuilly-sur-Seine, 21 september 1966) was een Frans politicus. Hij was premier van Frankrijk in 1940, toen de Duitse legers Frankrijk onder de voet liepen.