Hidden Secrets of Jacques Cousteau, Notorious Ocean Explorer

Pierre and Jacques

Jacques asked his brother to retire from public life, but Pierre refused. He continued to agitate out of a perceived honor to the government. He once wrote: “I wanted a German victory because it represented the last chance of the white man, while the democracies represented the end of the white man.”

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