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    Philippe Kieffer MBE MC (24 October 1899 – 20 November 1962), capitaine de frégate in the French Navy, was a French officer and political personality,...
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    Normandy Landing on D-Day under the command of Lieutenant Commander Philippe Kieffer, on Sword, and were for the occasion integrated in No. 4 Commando....
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  • businessman Oliver Kieffer (born 1979), French volleyball player Philippe Kieffer (1899–1962), French naval officer Robert Kieffer (born 1946), Canadian...
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    Bridge), Lord Lovat (who commanded the 1st Special Service Brigade), Philippe Kieffer (who led his men in the assault on Ouistreham), Marie-Pierre Kœnig...
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    Ardisson & Philippe Kieffer, Tout le monde en a parlé, Paris, Flammarion, 2012, 360 p. (ISBN 9782081221260) Thierry Ardisson & Philippe Kieffer, Magnéto...
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  • Its initial Commandant was then-Lieutenant de Vaisseau (Captain) Philippe Kieffer of the Free French Navy, under whose command they participated in the...
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    landing itself, with the Naval Commandos (Commandos Marine) of Captain Philippe Kieffer, climbing cliffs under fire to destroy German shore batteries. The...
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  • Girardot. In 1962, Marquand appeared as French Naval Commando leader Philippe Kieffer in Darryl F. Zanuck's World War II movie The Longest Day, which led...
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    (1er BFMC) who served in 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando. The 177 Commandos Kieffer who disembarked on 6 June in Normandy, were Fusiliers Marins forming part...
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    for a foreign commando unit came from a junior French naval officer, Philippe Kieffer, after he heard of the successful Lofoten raid. The idea was eventually...
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    not captured until several days later. French forces under Commander Philippe Kieffer (the first French soldiers to arrive in Normandy) attacked and cleared...
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    1914–1918 Inter-Allied Victory medal with the purple at center. Commander Philippe Kieffer-Country of Allegiance: France(République française), Free France(La...
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    Philippe Marie Joseph Raymond Auboyneau (9 November 1899 – 22 February 1961) was an officer in the French Navy. As an admiral, he was commander of the...
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    would liberate Paris and arranged that the army division of French General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque would be transferred from North Africa to the UK...
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    national team in the 1950 FIFA World Cup Werner Jaegerhuber, composer Philippe Kieffer, Free French Forces hero (Alsatian descent) TiCorn (born Cornelia Schütt)...
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    Philippe Leclerc Others Nos 1 and 8 Troop, No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando (attached to No. 4 Commando) 6 June Capitaine de frégate Philippe Kieffer 3ème...
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    Lemonnier Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu Honoré d'Estienne d'Orves Philippe Auboyneau Philippe Kieffer Hubert Amyot D'Inville Jacques Bingen Ships Ships of the...
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  • political activist Paul Lafargue, revolutionary Marxist socialist Philippe Kieffer, French officer and political personality, and a hero of the Free French...
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  • even Churchill, still hoped for an understanding with Vichy France under Philippe Pétain. De Gaulle was totally opposed to any such relationship. Friction...
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    while many far-right wing theoricists welcomed the arrival of Marshal Philippe Pétain, the strongly patriotic d'Estienne d'Orves was unwilling to accept...
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  • Lemonnier Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu Honoré d'Estienne d'Orves Philippe Auboyneau Philippe Kieffer Hubert Amyot D'Inville Jacques Bingen Ships Ships of the...
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    Bataillon de Fusiliers Marins Commandos, led by Lieutenant-Commander Philippe Kieffer, in the Congo, Syria, and Lebanon before taking part in the invasion...
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  • Eisenhower Raymond O. Barton George S. Patton Philippe Leclerc Jean de Lattre de Tassigny Philippe Kieffer Administration Empire Defense Council French...
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    Private Léon Weil Resistance fighter René-Georges Laurin Commander Philippe Kieffer Squadron leader René Mouchotte Sergeant Eugene Bullard Sergeant Dominique...
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    Départ, catalog, 1895 Moynat-Au Départ, catalog, 1965 Rolland, Jean-Philippe, Kieffer-Rolland, Marie, Restauration des malles de voyage, Eyrolles, 2008...
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  • France de 1830 à nos jours, Hachette Littérature, 2001 Rolland, Jean-Philippe, Kieffer-Rolland, Marie, Restauration des malles de voyage, Eyrolles, 2008...
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    Lemonnier Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu Honoré d'Estienne d'Orves Philippe Auboyneau Philippe Kieffer Hubert Amyot D'Inville Jacques Bingen Ships Ships of the...
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    Commandos from No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando, commanded by Commandant Philippe Kieffer landed with No. 4 Commando No. 6 Commando – Lieutenant Colonel Derek...
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    Lemonnier Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu Honoré d'Estienne d'Orves Philippe Auboyneau Philippe Kieffer Hubert Amyot D'Inville Jacques Bingen Ships Ships of the...
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    colonel Antoine Battesti Military rabbi Paul Haguenauer Navy commander Philippe Kieffer Police detective Roger Borniche Writer and historian Olivier-Raoul-Hugues...
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