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Also Known As Marie-Pierre-Joseph-François Koenig
Born October 10, 1898 • Caen • France
Died September 2, 1970 (aged 71) • Neuilly-sur-Seine • France
Role In North Africa campaigns • World War II • Resistance
Alphonse Juin
French general
De Lattre
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
French military officer
Giraud, Henri
Henri Giraud
French military officer
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
president of France
Jacques Chaban-Delmas
French politician
Jean Moulin
French resistance leader
Philippe Pétain
Philippe Pétain
French general
Marc Bloch
French historian
Simone Weil.
Simone Weil
French philosopher
Georges Bidault
prime minister of France
Maxime Weygand
French general
Gamelin, Maurice
Maurice Gamelin
French officer
Pierre Brossolette
French journalist
Christian de Castries.
Christian de Castries
French military officer
Georges Catroux.
Georges Catroux
French general and diplomat
Pierre Laval.
Pierre Laval
French politician and statesman
Paul Reynaud, 1940.
Paul Reynaud
premier of France
World War II: liberation of Paris
Jacques-Philippe Leclerc
French general
Louis Darquier de Pellepoix
French politician
Camille Chautemps.
Camille Chautemps
French politician

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