Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (February 2, 1889 - January 11, 1952) was a French military hero of World War II. February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: Immense human sacrifice, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons - the atom bomb being the ultimate. ...

Born at Mouilleron-en-Pareds (during the time of Georges Clemenceau, who was also born there), he graduated from school in 1911, and fought in World War I. He specialized in cavalry, and was made head of the French War College in 1935. When war was declared in 1939, he became the youngest general in French history, and commanded the French 14th Infantry Regiment until the armistice with the Axis troops. Georges Clemenceau (September 28, 1841 - November 24, 1929) was a French doctor, journalist and statesman. ... 1911 is a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... Italian cavalry officers practice their horsemanship in 1904 outside Rome. ... 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Axis Powers is a term for those participants in World War II opposed to the Allies. ...

He remained on active duty, commanding Vichy French forces in Tunisia in 1941. He took charge of the 16th Division in 1942, but began organizing an anti-German force, which led to his arrest and 10-year jail sentence. He escaped, though, to Algiers, where he took command of the French Army B. French Army B were one of two armies of the Southern Group of Armies otherwise known as American 6th Army Group which was set up to organise the invasion of Southern France in Operation Dragoon. The other army was the US Seventh Army commanded by Alexander M. Patch. De Lattre landed in Provence, southern France on August 16, 1944, and his troops began marching through France liberating the country as they went. On September 25, 1944 French Army B was redesignated French First Army. Presidential flag of Vichy France Vichy France, or the Vichy regime (in French, now called: Régime de Vichy or Vichy; at the time, called itself: État Français, or French State) was the de facto French government of 1940-1944 during the Nazi Germany occupation of World War II... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the year. ... Algiers (Fr. ... French First Army was a field army that fought during World War I and World War II. At the beginning of WWI the First Army was put in charge of General Auguste Dubail and took part, along with the French Second Army, in the Invasion of Lorraine. ... The 6th Army Group was an army group of the Allies (namely the United States Army) during World War II. It was created in Corsica, Italy (specifically activated on August 1, 1944) to consolidate the combined French and American forces that were planning to invade southern France in Operation Dragoon. ... Operation Dragoon was the Allied invasion of southern France, on 15 August 1944, as part of World War 2. ... The Seventh United States Army, also known as USAREUR, is the main American force in Europe. ... Alexander McCarrell Sandy Patch (1889–1945) was an officer in the United States Army, best known for his service in World War II. He commanded Army and Marine forces during the invasion of Guadalcanal, and the US Seventh Army in the invasion of southern France (Operation Dragoon. ... Provence is a former Roman province and is now a region of southeastern France, located on the Mediterranean Sea adjacent to Frances border with Italy. ... August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years). ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... French First Army was a field army that fought during World War I and World War II. At the beginning of WWI the First Army was put in charge of General Auguste Dubail and took part, along with the French Second Army, in the Invasion of Lorraine. ...

Under General Charles de Gaulle's encouragement those French Resistance members who wished to continue fighting were incorporated into the French First Army by general de Lattre. Once France had been liberated, as part of the Alliance, his army crossed the Rhine and invaded Germany. De Lattre represented France at the German unconditional surrender at SHAEF in Rheims on May 7, 1945. Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (   listen?) (November 22, 1890 – November 9, 1970), in France commonly referred to as le général de Gaulle, was a French military leader and statesman. ... The French Resistance is the name used for resistance movements that fought military occupation of France by Nazi Germany and the Vichy France undemocratic regime during World War II after the government and the high command of France surrendered in 1940. ... Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (abbreviated as SHAEF), was the command headquarters of the commander of Allied forces in North West Europe in 1944 and 1945. ... Reims (English traditionally Rheims) is a city of north-eastern France, 98 miles east-northeast of Paris. ... May 7 is the 127th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (128th in leap years). ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

After World War II he commanded French troops in Indochina until 1951, when illness forced him to return. He died in Paris, and was posthumously made Maréchal de France. French Indochina was a federation of French colonies and protectorates in Southeast Asia, part of the French colonial empire. ... 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... The Marshal of France (maréchal de France) was one of the Great Officers of the Crown of France. ...

See Also

• Western Front (WWII)