Alexis Tendil (12 August 1896,
Le Teil
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Ardèche
Ardèche (; oc, Ardecha; frp, Ardecha) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France. It is named after the river Ardèche and had a population of 328,278 as of 2019.[French
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veterans of the
First World War. He died in a hospital following a fall.
World War I
In October 1918 Tendil intercepted a message from the
Germany High Command which informed the then-Pope
Benedict XV of the imminent intention of the German forces to capitulate.
He informed the French command of his discovery and a planned, massive offensive by the French army was postponed.
After the war, although returning to his ordinary job as an electrician, Tendil became something of a hero being rightly accredited, by his actions, with preventing the deaths of many more soldiers.
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1896 births
2005 deaths
People from Ardèche
French centenarians
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French military personnel of World War I
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