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Philippe Kieffer (24 October 1899–20 November 1962) , capitaine de frégate in the French Navy, was a French officer and political personality, and one of the greatest heroes of the Free French Forces. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1161x1595, 250 KB) Portrait of capitaine de frégate Philippe Kieffer. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1161x1595, 250 KB) Portrait of capitaine de frégate Philippe Kieffer. ...
October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 68 days remaining. ...
1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
November 20 is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The rank insignia of the French Navy are worn on epaulettes of shirts and white jackets, and on sleeves for navy jackets and mantels. ...
The French Navy (Marine Nationale) is the naval arm of the French military and is the second-largest Western European navy (the largest being the United Kingdoms Royal Navy). ...
The Free French Forces (Forces Françaises Libres in French) were French fighters in World War II, who decided to go on fighting against Axis forces after the surrender of France and German occupation, following the call of General De Gaulle // History Prelude General De Gaule reading his Appeal of...
Early life Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to an Alsatian family, Philippe Kieffer obtained a diploma at the École des Hautes Études Commerciales (School of Higher Business Studies) and became a bank director in New York City. Categories: Caribbean geography stubs | Capitals in North America | Haiti ...
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The École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC) is a business school, one of the most prestigious French Grandes Écoles. ...
Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, the most densely populated major city in North America, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture. ...
Beginning of the War On 2 September 1939, aged 40, he volunteered for military service. He joined the French Navy, in which he was a reserve officer, a week later. He served in the battleship Courbet, and at the headquarters of the Northern Fleet during the battle of Dunkirk. September 2 is the 245th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (246th in leap years). ...
1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The French Navy (Marine Nationale) is the naval arm of the French military and is the second-largest Western European navy (the largest being the United Kingdoms Royal Navy). ...
HMS Victory in 1884 In naval history, battleships were the most heavily armed and armored warships afloat. ...
Dunkirk is the English name for the city of Dunkerque in northern France: see Dunkirk, France. ...
He left for London on 19 June 1940 and joined the Forces Navales Françaises Libres on 1 July 1940, the day they were founded. June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 195 days remaining. ...
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July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ...
1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Establishment of the Free Commandos Speaking fluent English, he was asked to serve as a translator and cipher officer. Impressed by the techniques of the British commandos, Kieffer requested authorisation to set up an elite French unit on the same model. In May 1941, he obtained authorisation from Admiral Emile Muselier to found the unit of Commandos Fusiliers-Marins ("sailor-riflemen commando"). They undertook extremely harsh selection and formation in Achnacarry, in Scotland, where a number of candidates died in training. The Commando was attached to the British No.2 Commando (which would become famous for the St. Nazaire Raid, "Operation Chariot", on 28 March 1942). The French Navy commando Jaubert storm the Alcyon in a mock assault. ...
Achnacarry is a private estate and castle of the Scottish Highlands in the Lochaber region of Inverness-shire, about 15 miles north of the town of Fort William near the small town of Spean Bridge. ...
Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (Latin: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within the UK Languages with Official Status1 English Scottish Gaelic Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ...
Operation Chariot was a British attack on the docks of St. ...
March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in Leap years). ...
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Kieffer was promoted to lieutenant de vaisseau on 1 July 1942. On 19 August 1942, men of the 1st Company of the Fusiliers-Marins Commandos Battalion were engaged during the Dieppe Raid ("Operation Jubilee"). July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ...
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August 19 is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
Dieppes pebble beach and cliff immediately following the raid on 19 August 1942. ...
In 1943, the French commando had grown to two companies and was regularly used for night raids on the shores of France during the preparations for the invasion of Normandy. In 1944, the 180 men of the "1er BFM Commando" were incorporated in the British No.4 Commando (under Lieutenant-Colonel Dawson), in the 1st Brigade (under Brigadier Lord Lovat). Mont Saint Michel is a historic pilgrimage site and a symbol of Normandy Normandy is a geographical region in northern France. ...
Simon Christopher Joseph Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat, DSO, MC (9 July 1911 - 16 March 1995) was the 25th Chief of the Clan Fraser and a legendary British Commando during the Second World War. ...
Liberation of France On 6 June 1944, at 08.45, the Bérets verts landed in Ouistreham, Benouville, Amfreville and Bavant (Sword Beach). Kieffer, recently promoted to capitaine de corvette, led his men personally. The Bérets verts suffered 21 killed and 93 wounded. Kieffer himself was almost immediately wounded twice, hit by shrapnel in the leg, but refused evacuation for two days. The French commando disabled a stronghold at Riva-Belia and made contact with airborne troops at Benouville by 13.30. At the end of the day, the Free French troops were 14 kilometres inland. The Battle of Normandy was fought in 1944 between the German forces occupying Western Europe and the invading Allied forces as part of the larger conflict of World War II. Sixty years later, the Normandy invasion, codenamed Operation Overlord, remains the largest sea borne invasion in history, involving almost three...
Ouistreham is a commune of the Calvados département, in the Basse-Normandie région, in France. ...
There are place names that are Amfreville in France: Amfreville, Calvados, French commune of Calvados Amfreville, Manche, French commune Manche See too Amfreville-la-Campagne, French commune of Eure Amfreville-la-Mi-Voie, French commune of Seine_Maritime Amfreville_les_Champs, Eure, France, French commune of Eure Amfreville_lse_Champs, Seine_Maritime, France, French commune of...
Sword Beach was the codename of one of the five main landing beaches in Operation Neptune, the initial assault phase of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944. ...
Shrapnel is the collective term for fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding shell or landmine. ...
Kieffer rejoined his unit on 14 June, in time to take part in the breakthrough towards the Seine and Honfleur. June 14 is the 165th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (166th in leap years), with 200 days remaining. ...
This article is about the river in France. ...
Honfleur is a harbour commune in the Norman (département of the Calvados) located on the southern bank of the estuary of the Seine, very close to the exit of the Pont de Normandie. ...
Along with two of his men, he was the first member of the Free French Forces to enter Paris. His 18-year old son, who had recently joined the Maquis, was killed by German troops near Paris at nearly the same time. The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...
The Maquis were the dominantly rural guerrilla bands of French Resistance. ...
End of the War and later life By October 1944, the commando Batalion had three companies. Kieffer led it during the attacks on Vlissingen and Walcheren to capture the port of Antwerp. He later took part in raids against occupied Dutch islands. Flushing (Dutch Vlissingen) is a municipality and a city in the southwestern Netherlands on the former island of Walcheren. ...
Satellite image of the Scheldt estuary Walcheren is a former island in the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands at the mouth of the Scheldt estuary. ...
The Cathedral of our Lady (Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal, Antwerp) in the Handschoenmarkt, in the old quarter of Antwerp is the largest cathedral in the Low Countries and home to a number of triptychs by Renaissance Belgian painter Rubens. ...
In 1945, he was nominated for the Consultative Assembly, and started working in the Inter-Allied Forces Headquarters. He was promoted to capitaine de frégate in 1954.
He died in Cormeilles en Parisis on 20 November 1962 after a long illness, and was buried in Grandcamp, Calvados. November 20 is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
For the apple brandy produced in the region, see Calvados (spirit). ...
Honours and awards French Legion of Honour The Légion dhonneur (Legion of Honor (AmE) or Legion of Honour (ComE)) is an Order of Chivalry awarded by the President of France. ...
The Ordre de la Libération (Order of the Liberation) is a French Order (decoration) awarded to heroes of the Liberation of France during the Second World War. ...
August 28 is the 240th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (241st in leap years), with 125 days remaining. ...
1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The Croix de guerre is a military decoration of both Belgium and France which was first created in 1915. ...
Military Cross The Military Cross is a military decoration awarded to personnel of the British Army, and formerly also to officers of the armies of other Commonwealth countries, for distinguished and meritorious services in battle. ...
Film - He was portrayed by Christian Marquand in The Longest Day. The action against the fortified casino in Ouistreham is depicted in the film.
DVD cover The Longest Day is a 180-minute 1962 war film, based on the 1959 book The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan, about D-Day, the invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944. ...
Ouistreham is a commune of the Calvados département, in the Basse-Normandie région, in France. ...
See also The Naval Light Infantry and Naval Commandos units are under command of the Force Maritime des Fusiliers Marins et Commandos (FORFUSCO) in Lorient. ...
External links - ww2inthehighlands.co.uk
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Ordre de la Libération
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http://commandosfnfl.net : a web site about the Free French commandos
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