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    Marie Joseph Pierre François Kœnig or Koenig (10 October 1898 – 2 September 1970) was a French general during World War II during which he commanded a...
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    June 1942). The 1st Free French Brigade under Général de brigade Marie-Pierre Kœnig defended the position from 26 May – 11 June against Axis forces of...
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    commander-in-chief of the French Forces in Germany before the role was assumed by Marie-Pierre Kœnig. André François-Poncet, ambassador to Germany during the 1930s, was...
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    Philippe Kieffer (who led his men in the assault on Ouistreham), Marie-Pierre Kœnig (who commanded the Free French Forces in the invasion), Max Pemsel...
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    Free French Brigade of Général de brigade, future Maréchal de France Marie-Pierre Kœnig defended the site from 26 May – 11 June against much larger German...
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    promoted in 1952, who died in 1967. The latest Marshal of France was Marie-Pierre Kœnig, who was made a Marshal posthumously in 1984. Today, the title of...
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    command of General Marie Pierre Kœnig, who attempted to unify resistance efforts against the Germans. General Eisenhower confirmed Koenig's command of the...
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    Czech road cyclist Lothar Koenigs (born 1965), German conductor Mark Koenig (1904–1993), American baseball player Marie-Pierre Kœnig (1898–1970), French army...
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    States, General Brian Robertson, from the United Kingdom, and General Marie-Pierre Kœnig from France. General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Field Marshal Bernard...
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    General Dietrich von Choltitz General Philippe Leclerc: 1944 General Marie-Pierre Kœnig: 1944–1945 General Paul Legentilhomme: 1945–1947 Army general René...
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    with a seven-star insignia that was last conferred posthumously on Marie Pierre Koenig in 1984. Rank insignia in the French army depend on whether the soldier...
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    Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope Charles-Marie-Esprit Espinasse Prince Georg of Bavaria Shah Jahan Begum Marie-Pierre Kœnig Jagatjit Singh Walter Bedell Smith...
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    Charles Pierre François Augereau, 1st Duke of Castiglione (21 October 1757 – 12 June 1816) was a French military commander and a Marshal of the Empire...
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    Free French Division, commanded by Colonel Marie-Pierre Kœnig. Travers was assigned as the driver to Kœnig. They became lovers. In May 1942, the 1st Free...
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    Regulation No. 57 of the French military government under General Marie-Pierre Kœnig. It was initially called Rhenish-Palatinate (Rheinpfälzisches Land...
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    accompanied by senior military figures including Leclerc, Alphonse Juin, Marie-Pierre Kœnig and Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu. Montgomery's troops liberated Tailly...
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    Chief of the French Army of Occupation by Général de Corps d'Armée Marie-Pierre Koenig three days later. On 4 August 1945 de Lattre departed. Colour parties...
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    Edgard de Larminat 1943: General Marie-Pierre Kœnig 1 August 1943: General Diego Brosset 20 November 1944: General Pierre Garbay Forty-eight cemeteries,...
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    Sudan Defence Force. There was also a brigade of Free French under Marie-Pierre Koenig. The new formation launched a new offensive, Operation Crusader,...
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  • occupation zone, on June 21 the British also signed the treaty. Marie Pierre Kœnig signed the treaty in December 1946, thus permitting the distribution...
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    Pouthas (1886–1974), historian of political and religious history Marie-Pierre Kœnig (1898–1970), Maréchal de France, commanded the Free French at the...
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    ordinance No. 57 of the French military government under General Marie-Pierre Kœnig. Little reconstruction took place until the currency reform of 1948...
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  • (1 citation) Fighter ace colonel René Fonck (29 citations) General Marie-Pierre Kœnig (2 citations) General Raoul Magrin-Vernerey (11 citations) Fighter...
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    décisive Jean de Lattre de Tassigny List of French paratrooper units Pierre Segretain Pierre Jeanpierre Marcel Bigeard 35th Parachute Artillery Regiment Moroccan...
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    of Luxembourg Jos van Kemenade Thanat Khoman Thanom Kittikachorn Marie-Pierre Kœnig Frits Korthals Altes Auguste, Baron Lambermont Edmond Leburton Philippe...
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    Pierre-Augustin Hulin (6 September 1758 – 9 January 1841) was a French general under Napoleon Bonaparte who took part in the storming of the Bastille,...
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  • the day of its signature. Signed in Berlin on February 25, 1947. Marie-Pierre Kœnig, Army general Vasily Sokolovsky, Marshal of the Soviet Union Lucius...
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  • church altar in 1946. Fréour was the sculptor of the statue of Kœnig inaugurated in 1991. Kœnig had fought as a sergeant in the 36th Infantry in the 1914-1918...
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    visited Paris, where he was received by the French Defense Minister Marie-Pierre Kœnig, who told him that France would sell Israel any weapons it wanted...
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    Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay.  Royal Navy French Representative General Marie-Pierre Kœnig French Liberation Army Soviet Representative General Ivan Susloparov...
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