People of the Revolution and the USSR
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Patrice de MacMahon Patrice de Mac Mahon
Marshal captured at Sedan who led the Versailles army against the Paris Commune and became the president of “Moral Order”
Military command · France state institutions
1808–1893
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Maxime Weygand Maxime Weygand
From Foch's brilliant staff officer to a general of defeat and accommodation
Military command · France state institutions
1867–1965
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Jean Chiappe Jean Chiappe
The Paris prefect of police, hard on the left and indulgent to the leagues, whose dismissal lit the fuse of 6 February
Security, intelligence and policing · France state institutions
1878–1940
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Jean de Lattre de Tassigny Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
The general who defied Vichy and led the Liberation Army
Military command · France state institutions
1889–1952
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Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu
Carmelite friar and Free French admiral whose Republic of Cochinchina as High Commissioner opened the road to war
Military command · France state institutions
1889–1964
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Henri Navarre Henri Navarre
Last commander of the French Far East Expeditionary Corps, who chose to fortify Điện Biên Phủ and met defeat there in 1954
Military command · France state institutions
1898–1983
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Raoul Salan Raoul Salan
French commander in the First Indochina War and leader of the OAS.
Military command · France state institutions
1899–1984
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Christian de Castries Christian de Castries
French general who commanded the Điện Biên Phủ fortress in 1954 and was captured when it fell
Military command · France state institutions
1902–1991
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René Bousquet René Bousquet
Vichy police chief who negotiated with the occupier
Security, intelligence and policing · France state institutions
1909–1993