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    Henri Honoré Giraud (18 January 1879 – 11 March 1949) was a French military officer who was a leader of the Free French Forces during the Second World...
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  • could assure safe passage for the landing forces, namely Henri Giraud and François Darlan. Giraud was contacted first, and spoke with General Dwight Eisenhower...
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    Guillotine (redirect from Henri Languille)
    in private. Marie-Louise Giraud (17 November 1903 – 30 July 1943) was one of the last women to be executed in France. Giraud was convicted in Vichy France...
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    legal order of Vichy. Nogues immediately rejected the clemency petition. Henri Giraud, who was then head of military justice as Commander-in-chief, refused...
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    provisional government of Free France formed by the French generals Henri Giraud and Charles de Gaulle to provide united leadership, organize and coordinate...
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    Henri Philippe Bénoni Omer Joseph Pétain (24 April 1856 – 23 July 1951), commonly known as Philippe Pétain (/peɪˈtæ̃/, French: [filip petɛ̃]) or Marshal...
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    Alphonse Joseph Georges (category École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr alumni)
    Franklin Roosevelt insisted for the post go to General Henri Giraud instead. In January 1943, Giraud and General Charles de Gaulle became co-presidents of...
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    originally from Nancy, and of Elisabeth Giraud, from an old and notable Provençal family, whose father Louis Giraud, notary, had married Honorine Courmes...
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  • Pierre-Bloch, and Louis Vallon Upon the reconciliation between General Henri Giraud and Charles de Gaulle in 1943, the French national liberation committee...
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    the command of the 60th Infantry Division of the Seventh Army (under Henri Giraud), headquartered at the castle of Esquelbecq, located in the north of...
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