André Zeller (1 January 1898 – 18 September 1979) was a
French Army
The French Army, officially known as the Land Army (french: Armée de Terre, ), is the land-based and largest component of the French Armed Forces. It is responsible to the Government of France, along with the other components of the Armed For ...
general. He was one of the four generals (the others being
Raoul Salan
Raoul Albin Louis Salan (; 10 June 1899 – 3 July 1984) was a French Army general. He served as the fourth French commanding general during the First Indochina War. He was one of four retired generals who organized the 1961 Algiers Putsch op ...
,
Edmond Jouhaud
Edmond Jouhaud (; 2 April 1905 – 4 September 1995) was one of four French generals who briefly staged a putsch in Algeria in April 1961.
Early life
Edmond Jouhaud was born on 2 April 1905 in French Algeria. He was a descendant of early Algeri ...
, and
Maurice Challe
Maurice Challe (5 September 1905 – 18 January 1979) was a French general during the Algerian War, one of four generals who took part in the Algiers putsch.
A native of Le Pontet, Vaucluse, and a veteran of the Second World War, Challe trans ...
) who organized the
Algiers putsch of 1961
The Algiers putsch (french: Putsch d'Alger or ), also known as the Generals' putsch (''Putsch des généraux''), was a failed coup d'état intended to force French President Charles de Gaulle not to abandon French Algeria, along with the reside ...
.
Decorations
*Grand Officer of the
Légion d'honneur
The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon ...
*
Croix de guerre 1914-1918
Croix (French for "cross") may refer to:
Belgium
* Croix-lez-Rouveroy, a village in municipality of Estinnes in the province of Hainaut
France
* Croix, Nord, in the Nord department
* Croix, Territoire de Belfort, in the Territoire de Belfort d ...
*
Croix de guerre 1939-1945
Croix (French for "cross") may refer to:
Belgium
* Croix-lez-Rouveroy, a village in municipality of Estinnes in the province of Hainaut
France
* Croix, Nord, in the Nord department
* Croix, Territoire de Belfort, in the Territoire de Belfort depa ...
*
Croix de guerre des Théatres d'Opérations Extérieures
Croix (French for "cross") may refer to:
Belgium
* Croix-lez-Rouveroy, a village in municipality of Estinnes in the province of Hainaut
France
* Croix, Nord, in the Nord department
* Croix, Territoire de Belfort, in the Territoire de Belfort depa ...
*
Croix de la Valeur Militaire
The Cross for Military Valour (french: Croix de la Valeur Militaire) is a military decoration of France. It recognises an individual bestowed a Mention in Dispatches earned for showing valour in presence of an enemy, in theatres of operations wh ...
Works
*Dialogues avec un lieutenant (Eng: Dialogues with a lieutenant) (Editions Plon, 1971)
*Dialogues avec un colonel (Eng: Dialogues with a colonel) (Editions Plon, 1972)
*Dialogues avec un général (Eng: Dialogues with a general) (Editions des Presses de la Cité, 1974)
*Les Hommes de la Commune (Eng: The Men of the Commune) (Librairie Académique Perrin, 1969)
*Soldats perdus (Eng: Lost soldiers) (Librairie Académique Perrin, 1977)
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zeller, Andre
1898 births
1979 deaths
Military personnel from Besançon
French generals
French military personnel of World War I
French military personnel of World War II
French military personnel of the Algerian War
Grand Officiers of the Légion d'honneur
Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France)
Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France)
Recipients of the Croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures
Recipients of the Cross for Military Valour