Le general leclerc biography

Le general leclerc biography.

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General Philippe Francois Marie LeClerc de Hautecloque

Timeline

1902, November 22^th	Born on family estate near Amiens, Picardy, France
1947, November 28^th	Killed in a plane crash at Colomb-Bechar, Algeria

Narrative

General de Hautecloque entered St.

Cyr 1922 after which he was commissioned as a cavalry officer. Between the world wars he gained combat experience fighting tribal rebellions in Morocco.
He began WWII as a captain in the 4th Division which saw its first action on May 10, 1940 when it moved into Belgium to counter the German advance.

The division was one of several driven back to Lille and encircled by the Germans at the end of the month.

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De Hautecloque was granted permission to make his way through the enemy lines and joined an armored division under General Buisson. The captain was seriously wounded on June 15th during a skirmish on the River Aube and was evacuated to hospital in Tonnerre.

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