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Henri Giraud

1879 - 1949

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Henri Honoré Giraud (French: [ɑ̃ʁi ɔnɔʁe ʒiʁo]; 18 January 1879 – 11 March 1949) 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 which he was awarded the Légion d'honneur. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henri Giraud is the 383rd most popular military personnel (down from 350th in 2019), the 1,087th most popular biography from France (down from 983rd in 2019) and the 44th most popular French Military Personnel.

Henri Giraud was a French general who was captured by the Germans in 1940. He was released in 1942 and became the commander of the French forces in North Africa. In 1943, he became the commander of the French forces in North Africa. He was captured by the Germans in 1944 and spent the rest of the war in a German prison.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Henri Giraud ranks 383 out of 2,058. Before him are Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, Albert Pike, Baiju, Okita Sōji, Maximilian von Spee, and Omar Pasha. After him are Iwane Matsui, Andrei Grechko, Prokop the Great, Alexander Samsonov, Henry Maitland Wilson, and Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Henri Giraud ranks 31. Before him are Léon Jouhaux, Francis Peyton Rous, Chen Duxiu, Shunroku Hata, Pál Teleki, and Knud Rasmussen. After him are Karl Bühler, Hans Lammers, E. M. Forster, Ali of Hejaz, Joseph Wirth, and Hans Hahn. Among people deceased in 1949, Henri Giraud ranks 26. Before him are Victor Fleming, Edward Stettinius Jr., Fyodor Tolbukhin, Nathuram Godse, Kim Koo, and Félix d'Herelle. After him are Marcel Cerdan, Niceto Alcalá-Zamora, Aleksandra Ekster, Gustav Radbruch, Solomon R. Guggenheim, and László Rajk.

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In France

Among people born in France, Henri Giraud ranks 1,087 out of 6,770. Before him are Antoine Arnauld (1612), Claude Joseph Vernet (1714), Félix d'Herelle (1873), Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (1749), Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813), and Marcel Carné (1906). After him are Adelaide of Aquitaine (950), Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre (1749), Danielle Darrieux (1917), André-Hercule de Fleury (1653), Horace Vernet (1789), and Léon Bonnat (1833).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Henri Giraud ranks 44. Before him are Charles François Dumouriez (1739), Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (1889), François Joseph Lefebvre (1755), Gnaeus Julius Agricola (40), Pierre-Charles Villeneuve (1763), and Guillaume Brune (1763). After him are Jean-Andoche Junot (1771), Jean II Le Maingre (1366), Jean-Baptiste Jourdan (1762), Jean-Charles Pichegru (1761), La Hire (1390), and Tarrare (1772).

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