Direction générale des études et recherches

The Direction générale des études et recherches (

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: ''General Directorate for Studies and Research'', DGER), was a division of the

Bureau Central de Renseignements et d'Action The Bureau Central de Renseignements et d'Action (, Central Bureau of Intelligence and Operations), abbreviated BCRA, was the World War II-era forerunner of the SDECE, the French intelligence service. The BCRA was created by the Free French chief- ...

(BCRA), the intelligence agency of the

Free French Forces __NOTOC__ The French Liberation Army (french: Armée française de la Libération or AFL) was the reunified French Army that arose from the merging of the Armée d'Afrique with the prior Free French Forces (french: Forces françaises libres, la ...

, Charles de Gaulle's French

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. It was created in 1944, and

Jacques Soustelle Jacques Soustelle (3 February 1912 – 6 August 1990) was an important and early figure of the Free French Forces, a politician who served in the French National Assembly and at one time served as Governor General of Algeria, an anthropologist ...

was the first director, from 6 November 1944 to 18 April 1945, followed by

André Dewavrin André Dewavrin DSO, MC (9 June 1911 – 20 December 1998) was a French officer who served with Free French Forces intelligence services during World War II. Biography He was born in Paris, the son of a businessman. He graduated as an ...

until April 1946, when the DGER became the

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(SDECE). {{DEFAULTSORT:Direction generale des etudes et recherches Defunct French intelligence agencies Military history of France