La Cagoule (The Cowl; founded in 1936)[a] was a French fascist-leaning and anti-communist terrorist group that used violence to promote its activities, in the final years of the Third Republic and into the Vichy Regime.
It opposed the left-wing Popular Front (in office, June 1936 to 1938). La Cagoule was founded by Eugène Deloncle. Among others, the founder of the cosmetics company L'Oréal, Eugène Schueller, bankrolled the clandestine movement.
The group performed assassinations, bombings, s...
