Maurice Challe (5 September1905 - 8 January1979) was a French general during the Algerian War, one of four generals who took part in the Algiers putsch. September 5 is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years). ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... January 8 is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the song by the Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ... Combatants FLN (1954-62) MNA (1954-62) France (1954-62) FAF (1960-61) OAS (1961-62) Commanders Mostefa Benboulaïd Ferhat Abbas Hocine Aït Ahmed Ahmed Ben Bella Krim Belkacem Larbi Ben MHidi Rabah Bitat Mohamed Boudiaf Messali Hadj General Jacques Massu General Maurice Challe Bachaga Said Boualam... The Algiers putsch (or Generals putsch) took place on 23 April 1961 in the midst of the Algerian War of Independence (1954-1962). ...
Le général MauriceChalle était un des quatre généraux organisateurs du Putsch des généraux à Alger en 1961.
Né au Pontet (Vaucluse) le 5 septembre 1905, MauriceChalle entre à Saint-Cyr en 1923 et en sort sous-lieutenant en 1925 dans la promotion « Chevalier Bayard » où il a pour camarade les futurs généraux Gambiez, de Pouilly et Lennuyeux.
Grand-Croix de la légion d’honneur, croix de guerre 39-45, médaille de la Résistance, croix de la valeur militaire, commandeur de la legion of merit, King’s medal for courage, titulaire de huit citations, MauriceChalle est l’auteur d’un ouvrage intitulé « Notre Révolte » publié en 1968 par Les Presses de la Cité.
MauriceChalle is busy stamping out the last remnants of Provencal nationalists, and thus has no time for Americans and their little colonial engagements.
MauriceChalle has been thinking a lot about his job security; in the twenty-three years since the end of World War II, France has had three military dictators, and his two predecessors died violently.
Maurice Le Pen is nothing if not inspiring, especially when it comes to purging the enemies of the people of Brittany.