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Louis Franchet d'Espèrey

1856 - 1942

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Louis Félix Marie François Franchet d'Espèrey (25 May 1856 – 8 July 1942) was a French general during World War I. In September 1914, as the new commander of the French 5th Army, he played a notable role in organising allied the allied response that led to the First Battle of the Marne. As commander of the large Allied army based at Salonika, he conducted the successful Macedonian campaign, which caused the collapse of the Southern Front and contributed to the armistice. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Franchet d'Espèrey is the 480th most popular military personnel (up from 507th in 2019), the 39th most popular biography from Algeria (up from 42nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Algerian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Louis Franchet d'Espèrey ranks 480 out of 2,058. Before him are Emilio De Bono, Artur Phleps, Ernst von Mansfeld, Josef Harpe, Gan Ning, and Yamagata Aritomo. After him are Lazare Hoche, Matthäus Hetzenauer, Charles Leclerc, Hugh Thompson Jr., Herbert Gille, and Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, Louis Franchet d'Espèrey ranks 32. Before him are Andrey Markov, Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen, H. Rider Haggard, John Singer Sargent, Carl David Tolmé Runge, and Jean Moréas. After him are Mikhail Vrubel, Pedro Lascuráin, Sergei Taneyev, Wilhelm von Gloeden, Hara Takashi, and William Wallace Denslow. Among people deceased in 1942, Louis Franchet d'Espèrey ranks 42. Before him are Prince George, Duke of Kent, Tina Modotti, Leopold Berchtold, Felix Weingartner, Jan Kubiš, and Tamon Yamaguchi. After him are Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Leopold Mandić, Lauri Kristian Relander, Daniil Kharms, Séraphine Louis, and Grant Wood.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Louis Franchet d'Espèrey ranks 39 out of 213. Before him are Marlène Jobert (1940), Bernard-Henri Lévy (1948), Mohamed Boudiaf (1919), Sidi Boushaki (1394), Assia Djebar (1936), and Marcus Minucius Felix (110). After him are Priscian (500), Micipsa (-200), Jean-Claude Brialy (1933), Khaled (1960), Robert Merle (1908), and Abdelkader Bensalah (1941).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Algeria

Among military personnels born in Algeria, Louis Franchet d'Espèrey ranks 2. Before him are Tariq ibn Ziyad (670). After him are Alphonse Juin (1888).

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