Lucien Loizeau (9 April 1879 – 6 June 1978) was a French general who was known for his writings on military topics. Commander of the French 6th Army Corps at the beginning of World War II, he was taken prisoner by the Germans in 1940 and was held for the remainder of the war at the
German POW camp at
Königstein Fortress
Königstein Fortress (german: Festung Königstein), the " Saxon Bastille", is a hilltop fortress near Dresden, in Saxon Switzerland, Germany, above the town of Königstein on the left bank of the River Elbe. It is one of the largest hilltop fo ...
. He was awarded the Grand Cross of the
Legion of Honour
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 ...
in 1950.
"Général Loizeau (1879 - 1978)"
, Les Archives municipales d'Angoulême (accessed 2014-10-10) (in French).
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1879 births
1978 deaths
Military personnel from Reims
French generals
French military personnel of World War II
Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur
Knights of the Order of Orange-Nassau
Grand Officers of the Order of the Star of Romania
Commanders with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta
Commander's Grand Crosses of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas
Grand Commanders of the Order of the Phoenix (Greece)
École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr alumni
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