
Could ambition justify Villaplane's betrayal and cruelty?
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47 mins
Explore the rise of Alexandre Villaplane from football fame to a life of crime and betrayal. Discover how personal greed and ambition led him to collaborate with Nazis during WWII. Learn about the brutal actions he took against civilians and resistance fighters, ultimately facing justice.
Ep 1:
Captain of France, Hero Born
Before the darkness, there was glory: a young footballer rises to captain France at the first World Cup, only for cracks of corruption to soon appear beneath the golden surface.
Ep 2:
From Match-Fixer to Nazi Collaborator
As France falls to Nazi occupation, disgraced captain Alexandre Villaplane abandons all pretense of honor, trading his tricolor pride for the black market and eventually an SS uniform.
Ep 3:
The North African Brigade's Terror
Villaplane commands a brutal paramilitary unit hunting the French Resistance, culminating in a massacre at Mussidan where laughter and cruelty mask unspeakable violence.
Ep 4:
Blood Money in Occupied France
Villaplane turns terror into profit, extorting desperate Jews and resistance families with false promises of salvation before betraying them to death.
Ep 5:
Justice Falls at Fort Montrouge
Liberation brings reckoning as Villaplane stands trial for treason and murder, facing a firing squad that closes a stunning descent from national hero to executed war criminal.
Edwin
Level 4 · 7 mo agoHero label is crazy to me
Mia
Level 6 · 7 mo agoEh. Justice served? No. He got off way too easy.
Violet
Level 4 · 7 mo agowait he really laughed while torturing people??