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Philippe François Marie Leclerc de Hauteclocque [b] [c] (22 November 1902 – 28 November 1947) was a Free-French general during World War II. He became Marshal of France posthumously in 1952, and is known in France simply as le maréchal Leclerc or just Leclerc .
The entrance to the museum. The Musée du Général Leclerc de Hauteclocque et de la Libération de Paris – Musée Jean Moulin (French pronunciation: [myze dy ʒeneʁal ləklɛʁ də otklɔk e d(ə) la libeʁɑsjɔ̃ d(ə) paʁi myze ʒɑ̃ mulɛ̃]) was a museum located in the 15th arrondissement of Paris at 23, Allée de la 2e DB, Jardin Atlantique, Paris, France.
Pages in category "Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. ... (France) G. Robert Galley; General Leclerc's ...
La victoire de Leclerc à Dompaire (in French). Muller. ISBN 9782904255267. Robinson, Merlin; Seignon, Thomas (2018). Division Leclerc The Leclerc Column and Free French 2nd Armored Division, 1940–1946. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781472830067. Steidl, Franz (2008). Lost Battalions - Going for Broke in the Vosges, Autumn 1944. Random House.
Coat of arms of the Hauteclocque family. The House of Hauteclocque is a French noble family established during the Middle Ages by the lords of the fief of Hautecloque.Its most illustrious member is Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque (1902–1947), leader of the Free French Forces during the Second World War and Marshal of France.
The foundation approved a request from Grugé-l'Hôpital in Maine-et-Loire, Western France. This post marks the location from which Leclerc began his escape from occupied France in 1940. He obtained false identification documents from Grugé's town hall before travelling to the United Kingdom via Spain and Portugal. [10]
Gen. Leclerc asked them why they wore the uniform of the enemy. One prisoner replied, "Why do you wear the uniform of the Americans?". Enraged, Leclerc declared them to be traitors and ordered them to be shot. Their bodies were left lying by the side of the road. They were buried nearby a few days later by American soldiers [1] [2
For a while now I've been collecting material for articles that never get written on the WWII campaign in the South of France. I found a book in Melbourne on Marshal Leclerc and bought it. His article was a mess, at least the English version was, so I fixed it up. And so here it is, an account of the famous Gaulliste de la Premier Jour. Visit ...