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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 .
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.
Leclerc tank; Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque; M. Musée du Général Leclerc de Hauteclocque et de la Libération de Paris – Musée Jean Moulin; R.
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.
The liberation of Strasbourg took place on 23 November 1944 during the Alsace campaign (November 1944 – March 1945) in the last months of World War II.After the liberation of Mulhouse on 21 November 1944 by the 1st Armored Division, [1] General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque and the 2nd Armored Division entered the city of Strasbourg in France after having liberated Sarrebourg and La ...
D'Argenlieu appears in the Gabon section, conducting a mass. He then parades through Paris with Leclerc and de Gaulle. Hawkeye7 13:49, 7 June 2014 (UTC) Added a bit more. Hawkeye7 12:04, 9 June 2014 (UTC) "he warned that "anti-communism will be a useless tool unless the problem of nationalism is resolved" (warned by whom?)
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
Galley later married General Leclerc de Hauteclocque's daughter, Jeanne Leclerc de Hauteclocque, following the end of World War II. [ 2 ] After the war, Galley passed the entrance examinations to the French graduate engineering schools and was admitted to the Ecole Centrale Paris , from which he graduated in 1949.