Henri Giraud
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title:
Henri Giraud
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Henri Honoré Giraud was a French military officer who was a leader of the Free French Forces during the Second World War until he was forced to retire in 1944. Born to an Alsatian family in Paris, Giraud graduated from the Saint-Cyr military academy and served in French North Africa. He was wounded and captured by the Germans during the First World War, but managed to escape from his prisoner-of-war camp. During the interwar period, Giraud returned to North Africa and fought in the Rif War, for
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French military officer (1879–1949)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Giraud
date created:
2003-07-25T18:52:25Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T20:07:22Z
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