Paul-André Doyen
Paul-André Doyen (Cabanac-et-Villagrains Cabanac-et-Villagrains (; oc-gsc, Cabanac e Vilagrans) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Gironde department The following is a list of the 535 Communes o ..., 21 June 1881 – Veyrier-du-Lac, 3 September 1974), was a French general from World War II. Biography He studied at École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr, Saint-Cyr and fought in World War I, where he was serverly wounded in July 1918. In February 1939, he took command of the 27th Alpine Infantry Division and in May 1940 of the 18th Army Corps, with which he fought in the Battle of France. From September 1940 to August 1941, he was head of the French delegation to the German Armistice Commission. After this, he retired from the Army and was put under house arrest by the Vichy Regime. Called back to service in February 1945 by General de Gaulle, he commanded at the end of the war, fro ...
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