Charles de Gaulle

Charles de Gaulle

male, deceased (1970)
founder of RPF, gaullisme, FrenchmilitarypersonnelofWorldWarI, RPR, Algiers putsch of 1958, World War II political leader…President of France, Free French, Father of the Nation, Member of the European Parliament, Member of the National Front
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (November 22, 1890 – November 9, 1970), in France commonly referred to as "Général de Gaulle", was a Frenc...

Philippe Pétain

male, deceased (1951)
maréchal pétain, died on ile d'Yeu, died 23.7.1951, died in prison, Chef de l'État Français, FrenchmilitarypersonnelofWorldWarI…Heads of state, chief of state, French collaborationists, head of state, French
Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Pétain, generally known as Philippe Pétain or Marshal Pétain, was a French general, later Chief of State of Vic...
Robert Nivelle

Robert Nivelle

male, deceased (1924)
creeping barrage, FrenchmilitarypersonnelofWorldWarI, verdun, French rule in Algeria, First Battle of the Marne, Tulle…Commander-in-Chief of the French Army, First Battle of the Aisne, Battle of Verdun, Alumni of the École Polytechnique, World War I
Robert Georges Nivelle was a French artillery officer who was briefly commander-in-chief of French forces during World War I. Born in Tulle,...
Ferdinand Foch

Ferdinand Foch

male, deceased (1929)
military leader, french army, French, Marshal of France, Member of the Académie française, World War I…Marshal of Poland, war 1915/16 Artois et Somme, FrenchmilitarypersonnelofWorldWarI, Marshal of Great Britain, Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Ferdinand Foch OM GCB (October 2, 1851 – March 20, 1929) was a French soldier, military theorist, and writer credited with possessing "the most or...
Joseph Darnand

Joseph Darnand

male, deceased (1945)
French collaborationists, FrenchmilitarypersonnelofWorldWarI, Sturmbannführer, World War I, French, waffen ss…French Resistance, First World War, Vichy French, World War II
Joseph Darnand was a French pro-Nazi leader and commander of the Vichy French Milice. Joseph Darnand was born at Coligny, Ain, Rhône-Alpes in F...
Alphonse Juin

Alphonse Juin

male, deceased (1967)
Pieds-noirs, FrenchmilitarypersonnelofWorldWarI, Ecole Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr, German, prisoner of war, lille…World War I, french army, Member of the Académie française, Battle of France, French Expeditionary Corps
Alphonse Pierre Juin was a Marshal of France. Juin was born at Annaba in Algeria, and enlisted in the French Army, graduating from the École S...
Jacques Doriot

Jacques Doriot

male, deceased (1945)
Mengen, Bresles, Mengen, Germany, FrenchmilitarypersonnelofWorldWarI, Württemberg, Recipient of the Iron Cross…French Communist Party member, French, World War II
Jacques Doriot (September 26 1898, Bresles, Oise-February 22 1945, near Mengen, Württemberg) was a French politician prior to and during World War I...
Alfred Dreyfus

Alfred Dreyfus

male, deceased (1935)
FrenchmilitarypersonnelofWorldWarI, from Mulhouse, Légion d'honneur recipient, Jewish French history, Pardon recipient, Jewish person…Alumni of the École Polytechnique, French military, French, Military of France
Alfred Dreyfus (9 October, 1859 - 12 July, 1935) was a French-Jewish officer best known for being the focus of the Dreyfus affair.
Henri Gouraud

Henri Gouraud

male, deceased (1946)
french army officer, French Equatorial Africa, French West Africa, Fourth Army, French colonial governors and administrator, FrenchmilitarypersonnelofWorldWarI…French colonial governor of Mauritania, French Fourth Army, State of Greater Lebanon, Franco-Turkish war, Second Battle of the Marne
Henri Joseph Eugène Gouraud was a French general, best known for his leadership of the French Fourth Army at the end of the First World War. Born i...