{"id":5450,"date":"2018-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-31T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/2025\/06\/21\/antoine-de-saint-exupery\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T09:16:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T07:16:57","slug":"antoine-de-saint-exupery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/antoine-de-saint-exupery\/","title":{"rendered":"Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/saint-exupery_and_marcel_peyrouton_._tunis_1935.jpg\" width=\"642\" height=\"720\"><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0La guerre, ce n\u2019est pas l\u2019acceptation du risque. Ce n\u2019est pas l\u2019acceptation du combat. C\u2019est, \u00e0 certaines heures, pour le combattant, l\u2019acceptation pure et simple de la mort.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\">Antoine de <span class=\"caps\">SAINT<\/span>\u2013<span class=\"caps\">EXUP\u00c9RY<\/span> (1900-1944), <em>Pilote de guerre<\/em> (1942)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"ressi\">Pilote de ligne qui tra\u00e7a l\u2019un des premiers la liaison France-Am\u00e9rique, pilote d\u2019essai et de raid, alors que le succ\u00e8s litt\u00e9raire lui vint au d\u00e9but des ann\u00e9es 1930 \u2013 <em>Courrier du Sud, Vol de nuit<\/em> \u2013, journaliste partant pour de grands reportages, combattant en 1939-1940, il rejoint en 1943 les Forces fran\u00e7aises libres et meurt en 1944, pilote volontaire pour une mission de guerre. L\u2019humanisme, le lyrisme, la fa\u00e7on simple et courageuse de faire ce m\u00e9tier d\u2019aventurier, et cette fin \u00e0 44 ans, feront de \u00ab\u00a0Saint-Ex\u00a0\u00bb un h\u00e9ros et un \u00e9crivain tr\u00e8s aim\u00e9s, notamment de la jeunesse.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0Je survole donc des routes noires de l\u2019interminable sirop qui n\u2019en finit plus de couler. On \u00e9vacue, dit-on, les populations. Ce n\u2019est d\u00e9j\u00e0 plus vrai. Elles s\u2019\u00e9vacuent d\u2019elles-m\u00eames. Il est une contagion d\u00e9mente dans cet exode. Car o\u00f9 vont-ils, ces vagabonds\u00a0? Ils se mettent en marche vers le sud, comme s\u2019il \u00e9tait l\u00e0-bas des logements et des aliments [\u2026] L\u2019ennemi progresse plus vite que l\u2019exode.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\">Antoine de <span class=\"caps\">SAINT<\/span>\u2013<span class=\"caps\">EXUP\u00c9RY<\/span> (1900-1944), <em>Pilote de guerre<\/em> (1942)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"ressi\">Ils seront pr\u00e8s de 12 millions, r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s de tous \u00e2ges, toutes conditions, fuyant l\u2019invasion venue du nord, mais qui les rattrape, qui est maintenant partout. Ces flots, ces fleuves humains g\u00eanent les derni\u00e8res r\u00e9sistances et paralysent les voies de communication \u2013 le commandement allemand, en semant la panique, a encourag\u00e9 l\u2019exode.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0Certes, nous sommes d\u00e9j\u00e0 vaincus. Tout est en suspens. Tout s\u2019\u00e9croule. Mais je continue d\u2019\u00e9prouver la tranquillit\u00e9 d\u2019un vainqueur.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\">Antoine de <span class=\"caps\">SAINT<\/span>\u2013<span class=\"caps\">EXUP\u00c9RY<\/span> (1900-1944), <em>Pilote de guerre<\/em> (1942)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"ressi\">Parfaite expression du tournant pris par la guerre en novembre 1942. L\u2019Occupation se durcit et s\u2019\u00e9tend \u00e0 la zone sud, le r\u00e9gime se rapproche du mod\u00e8le nazi par ses lois d\u2019exception et ses mesures polici\u00e8res, sous le gouvernement Laval. Mais \u00e0 terme, on peut pr\u00e9voir que la formidable puissance des \u00c9tats-Unis va faire basculer le rapport des forces, cependant qu\u2019Hitler s\u2019\u00e9puisera sur le front russe\u2026 Et d\u00e9j\u00e0 la R\u00e9sistance s\u2019organise en France, et le d\u00e9barquement des Alli\u00e9s en Afrique du Nord se fait le 8 novembre. Dans une certaine confusion.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0On meurt pour une cath\u00e9drale. Non pour des pierres. On meurt pour un peuple. Non pour une foule. On meurt par amour de l\u2019Homme, s\u2019il est cl\u00e9 de vo\u00fbte d\u2019une communaut\u00e9. On meurt pour cela seul dont on peut vivre.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\">Antoine de <span class=\"caps\">SAINT<\/span>\u2013<span class=\"caps\">EXUP\u00c9RY<\/span> (1900-1944), <em>Terre des hommes<\/em> (1939)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"ressi\">De retour des \u00c9tats-Unis o\u00f9 il s\u2019est exil\u00e9 apr\u00e8s la d\u00e9faite, po\u00e8te et aviateur, il recommence le combat en 1943 et dispara\u00eet au cours d\u2019une mission de reconnaissance a\u00e9rienne o\u00f9 il est volontaire (\u00e0 44 ans), le 31 juillet 1944 \u2013 le jour m\u00eame o\u00f9 le front allemand est perc\u00e9 \u00e0 Avranches.<\/p>\n<p>Le mur de l\u2019Atlantique, syst\u00e8me de d\u00e9fense cr\u00e9\u00e9 par Hitler (mer et plages min\u00e9es, murailles de b\u00e9ton antichars, blockhaus, barbel\u00e9s), ne r\u00e9siste plus que par \u00ab\u00a0poches\u00a0\u00bb (certaines villes tiendront jusqu\u2019en 1945). Les Alli\u00e9s progressent vers la Seine, lentement, s\u00fbrement, aid\u00e9s par l\u2019action h\u00e9ro\u00efque des r\u00e9sistants du maquis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\r\n        a .cit-num {\r\n            text-decoration: none !important;\r\n            color: inherit !important;\r\n        }\r\n    <\/style>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00ab\u00a0La guerre, ce n\u2019est pas l\u2019acceptation du risque. Ce n\u2019est pas l\u2019acceptation du combat. C\u2019est, \u00e0 certaines heures, pour le combattant, l\u2019acceptation pure et simple de la mort.\u00a0\u00bb Antoine de SAINT-EXUP\u00c9RY (1900-1944), Pilote de guerre (1942) Pilote de ligne qui tra\u00e7a l\u2019un des premiers la liaison France-Am\u00e9rique, pilote d\u2019essai et de raid, alors que le [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"iawp_total_views":54,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-citation-du-jour"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5450"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5452,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5450\/revisions\/5452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}