Jean Bréchignac, the Glossary
Jean Bréchignac (29 September 1914 – 25 May 1984) was a French Army officer who fought in World War II, First Indochina War and Algerian War.[1]
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20 relations: Algerian War, Algiers putsch of 1961, École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr, Battle of Dien Bien Phu, Cran-Gevrier, Croix de Guerre 1939–1945, Croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures, Cross for Military Valour, First Indochina War, France, French Army, Haute-Savoie, Jules Roy, Legion of Honour, Lieutenant colonel, Operation Camargue, Viet Minh, World War II, 1st Parachute Chasseur Regiment, 9th Parachute Chasseur Regiment.
- French Army personnel who were court-martialed
- French nationalists
- People convicted of treason against France
- People from Annecy
Algerian War
The Algerian War (also known as the Algerian Revolution or the Algerian War of Independence)الثورة الجزائرية al-Thawra al-Jaza'iriyah; Guerre d'Algérie (and sometimes in Algeria as the War of 1 November) was a major armed conflict between France and the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) from 1954 to 1962, which led to Algeria winning its independence from France.
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Algiers putsch of 1961
The Algiers putsch (Putsch d'Alger or Coup d'État d'Alger), also known as the putsch of the generals (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 resident European community and pro-French Muslims.
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École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr
The École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr (ESM, literally the "Special Military School of Saint-Cyr") is a French military academy, and is often referred to as Saint-Cyr.
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Battle of Dien Bien Phu
The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ was a climactic confrontation of the First Indochina War that took place between 13 March and 7 May 1954.
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Cran-Gevrier
Cran-Gevrier (Kran-Zhèvrî) is a former commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
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Croix de Guerre 1939–1945
The 1939–1945 (English: War Cross 1939–1945) is a French military decoration, a version of the created on 26 September 1939 to honour people who fought with the Allies against the Axis forces at any time during World War II.
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Croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures
The (War Cross for foreign operational theatres), also called the for short, is a French military award denoting citations earned in combat in foreign countries.
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Cross for Military Valour
The Cross for Military Valour (Croix de la Valeur Militaire) is a military decoration of France.
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First Indochina War
The First Indochina War (generally known as the Indochina War in France, and as the Anti-French Resistance War in Vietnam, and alternatively internationally as the French-Indochina War) was fought between France and Việt Minh (Democratic Republic of Vietnam), and their respective allies, from 19 December 1946 until 20 July 1954.
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France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
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French Army
The French Army, officially known as the Land Army (Armée de terre), is the principal land warfare force of France, and the largest component of the French Armed Forces; it is responsible to the Government of France, alongside the French Navy, French Air and Space Force, and the National Gendarmerie.
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Haute-Savoie
Haute-Savoie is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France, bordering both Switzerland and Italy.
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Jules Roy
Jules Roy (22 October 1907 – 15 June 2000) was a French writer.
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Legion of Honour
The National Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre royal de la Légion d'honneur), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil, and currently comprises five classes.
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Lieutenant colonel
Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel.
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Operation Camargue
Operation Camargue was one of the largest operations by the French Far East Expeditionary Corps and Vietnamese National Army in the First Indochina War.
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Viet Minh
The Việt Minh (abbreviated from Việt Nam Độc lập Đồng minh, 越南獨立同盟; Ligue pour l'indépendance du Viêt Nam) was a national independence coalition formed at Pác Bó by Hồ Chí Minh on 19 May 1941.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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1st Parachute Chasseur Regiment
The 1st Parachute Chasseur Regiment (1er Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes, 1er R.C.P) is the oldest and among the most decorated Airborne forces regiments of the French Army.
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9th Parachute Chasseur Regiment
The 9th Parachute Chasseur Regiment (9e RCP) was an airborne unit of the French Army that was part of the French Airborne Units and all three histories of the 10th Parachute Division, 25th Parachute Division and the 11th Parachute Brigade.
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See also
French Army personnel who were court-martialed
- Albert Dovecar
- Albert Severin Roche
- Alfred Dreyfus
- Amar Ouamrane
- André Zeller
- Auguste Jean Ameil
- Charles de Gaulle
- Hélie de Saint Marc
- Jacques Faure (French Army officer)
- Jean Bréchignac
- Lucien Bersot
- Michel Gouraud
- Michel Ney
- Pierre Lagrée
- Pierre-Henri Bunel
- Roger Degueldre
- Souain corporals affair
- The Countess (courtesan)
- Valentin Feldman
French nationalists
- Émile Driant
- Émile Janvion
- Alain de Benoist
- André Diethelm
- André Petit (French general)
- André Zeller
- Antoine Martinez
- Charles de Gaulle
- Christian Bouchet
- Ernest Psichari
- François Coty
- François Duprat
- François Valentin
- Gabriel Bonvalot
- Gabriel Syveton
- Hélie de Saint Marc
- Henri Vaugeois
- Hubert Bourgin
- Jean Bastien-Thiry
- Jean Bréchignac
- Jean-Frédéric Poisson
- Jean-Louis Nicot
- Jean-Marie Le Pen
- Joseph de Maistre
- Marie-Madeleine Fourcade
- Marine Le Pen
- Maurice Barrès
- Maurice Challe
- Maurice Pujo
- Maurice Vaussard
- Maxime Brunerie
- Michel Gouraud
- Napoleon
- Paul Aussaresses
- Paul Copin-Albancelli
- Paul Déroulède
- Philippe Pétain
- Pierre Baruzy
- Pierre Bousquet
- Pierre-Marie Bigot
- Roger de Saivre
- Roland Laudenbach
- Théo Klein
- Yvan Benedetti
People convicted of treason against France
- Alfred Dreyfus
- André Zeller
- Antoine Argoud
- Auguste Jean Ameil
- Charles Lacheroy
- Edmond Jouhaud
- Hélie de Saint Marc
- Henri Maillot
- Jacques Faure (French Army officer)
- Jacques Sadoul (politician)
- Jean Bréchignac
- Jean-Louis Nicot
- Joseph Joanovici
- Maurice Challe
- Paul Gardy
- Phan Bội Châu
- Pierre Guillaume (French Navy officer)
- Pierre-Henri Bunel
- Pierre-Marie Bigot
- Raoul Salan
- Yves Godard
People from Annecy
- Alexandre Allegret-Pilot
- André Dussollier
- Anne de Guigné
- Antoine Aureche
- Armand-François Le Bourgeois
- Arnaud Spire
- Béatrice Martin (harpsichordist)
- Barbara Romagnan
- Bernard Bosson
- Bernard Miège
- Cécile Vogt-Mugnier
- Catherine Gide
- Christelle Petex-Levet
- Christophe Godin
- Christophe Premat
- Denis Clavel
- Dolly Golden
- Emmanuel Leducq-Barôme
- Emmanuel Tarpin
- Eustace Chapuys
- Flore Vasseur
- Frédérique Bel
- Frédérique Lardet
- Francis Nielsen
- Franck Thilliez
- Guillaume Perret
- Henri Lavorel
- Jacques Golliet
- Jean Bréchignac
- Jean-Adrien Guignet
- Jean-Jacques Grunenwald
- Jules Gentil
- Julie Lechanteux
- Lionel Tardy
- Michael Mastro
- Michel Rollier
- Patrice Guers
- Patrice Maktav
- Paul Tapponnier
- Pierre Decouz
- Pierre Encrenaz
- Pierre Hérisson
- Stanislas de Barbeyrac
- Thérèse Reignier
- Véronique Jannot