Alfred-Marie-Joseph-Louis Montagne (20 June 1881 – 26 February 1963) was a French general who commanded the 15th Army Corps during the

Battle of France The Battle of France (french: bataille de France) (10 May – 25 June 1940), also known as the Western Campaign ('), the French Campaign (german: Frankreichfeldzug, ) and the Fall of France, was the Nazi Germany, German invasion of French Third Rep ...

(1940). He was responsible for the defence of Menton during the Italian invasion. He published a recollection of the war, ''La bataille pour Nice et la Provence'' (Montpellier: Éditions des Arceaux), in 1952. Montagne was born at Pézenas. In the First World War he was wounded and cited in dispatches five times. He received the '' Légion d'honneur'' and the ''

Croix de Guerre The ''Croix de Guerre'' (, ''Cross of War'') is a military decoration of France. It was first created in 1915 and consists of a square-cross medal on two crossed swords, hanging from a ribbon with various degree pins. The decoration was first awa ...

''. He replaced General

Henri Dentz Henri Fernand Dentz (16 December 1881 – 13 December 1945) was a general in the French Army (''Armée de Terre'') who served with the Vichy French Army after France surrendered during the Second World War. He was tried as a collaborator after t ...

at the head of the 15th Army Corps in 1939. Like his superior,

René Olry René-Henri Olry CLH (28 June 1880 – 3 January 1944) was a French general and commander of the Army of the Alps (french: l'Armée des Alpes) during the Battle of France of World War II. Biography Early life Olry was born on 28 June 1880 in ...

, he was an artillery officer by training. His knowledge of the terrain of the Maritime Alps was exquisite.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Montagne, Alfred 1881 births 1963 deaths People from Pézenas French generals French military personnel of World War I French military personnel of World War II Grand Officers of the Legion of Honour Recipients of the Croix de Guerre (France)