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Jean de Lattre de Tassigny

1889 - 1952

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Jean Joseph Marie Gabriel de Lattre de Tassigny (2 February 1889 – 11 January 1952) was a French général d'armée during World War II and the First Indochina War. He was posthumously elevated to the dignity of Marshal of France in 1952. As an officer during World War I, he fought in various battles, including at Verdun, and was wounded five times, surviving the war with eight citations, the Legion of Honour, and the Military Cross. During the Interwar period, he took part in the Rif War in Morocco, where he was again wounded in action. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is the 340th most popular military personnel (down from 325th in 2019), the 982nd most popular biography from France (down from 927th in 2019) and the 39th most popular French Military Personnel.

Jean de Lattre de Tassigny was a French army officer who led the French Union Army in the First Indochina War. He was a hero of World War II and was made a Marshal of France.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Jean de Lattre de Tassigny ranks 340 out of 2,058. Before him are Kul Tigin, Arthur Nebe, Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia, Wilhelm Bittrich, Charles François Dumouriez, and Valery Gerasimov. After him are Matthew C. Perry, François Joseph Lefebvre, Kim Philby, Meng Tian, Nikolai Vatutin, and Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Jean de Lattre de Tassigny ranks 34. Before him are Carl Theodor Dreyer, Jacob L. Moreno, Victor Fleming, Vasily Blyukher, Hans-Jürgen von Arnim, and Zalman Shazar. After him are Pitirim Sorokin, Mercédès Jellinek, Sadhu Sundar Singh, Kim Tu-bong, Robert A. Taft, and Abel Gance. Among people deceased in 1952, Jean de Lattre de Tassigny ranks 23. Before him are Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, Ferenc Molnár, Kiichiro Toyoda, Jürgen Stroop, Charles Maurras, and Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. After him are George Santayana, Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, Charles Scott Sherrington, Hattie McDaniel, Archduke Maximilian Eugen of Austria, and Sveinn Björnsson.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean de Lattre de Tassigny ranks 982 out of 6,770. Before him are Pierre Mignard (1612), Charles François Dumouriez (1739), Geneviève Page (1927), Philipp Spener (1635), Jean-Pierre Melville (1917), and Theodore Beza (1519). After him are René Girard (1923), Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu (1766), Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien (1772), Alain-René Lesage (1668), François Joseph Lefebvre (1755), and René Lalique (1860).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Jean de Lattre de Tassigny ranks 39. Before him are François Achille Bazaine (1811), Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno (1764), Nicolas Oudinot (1767), Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque (1902), François Christophe de Kellermann (1735), and Charles François Dumouriez (1739). After him are François Joseph Lefebvre (1755), Gnaeus Julius Agricola (40), Pierre-Charles Villeneuve (1763), Guillaume Brune (1763), Henri Giraud (1879), and Jean-Andoche Junot (1771).

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