Jacques Émile Massu (French pronunciation: [ʒak masy]; 5 May 1908 – 26 October 2002) was a French general who fought in World War II, the First Indochina...
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philosopher Jacques Marquette (1637–1675), French explorer, led first European expedition to the northern Mississippi River Jacques Massu (1908–2002)...
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Lagaillarde, French Generals Raoul Salan, Edmond Jouhaud, Jean Gracieux, and Jacques Massu, and by Admiral Philippe Auboyneau, commander of the Mediterranean fleet...
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suppress the FLN. Civilian authorities gave full powers to General Jacques Massu who, operating outside legal frameworks between January and September...
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of Charles de Gaulle to head the government. Masterminded by General Jacques Massu, the operation was to be preceded by Opération Corse in which French...
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which prevented him from participating in the Suez operation. General Jacques Massu, who had noted Aussaresses' work against the insurrections in Philippeville...
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Look up massu in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Massu may refer to: Jacques Massu (1908–2002), French general, who fought during World War II, First...
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like Guy Mollet, General Marcel Bigeard, Robert Lacoste, General Jacques Massu and Jacques Soustelle, had actually all been résistants in World War II, which...
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during the Battle of Algiers from January to October 1957. Thus, General Jacques Massu, commander of the 10th Parachute Division (10e DP), in charge during...
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sacrifice French honour to political expediency. This prompted General Jacques Massu to create a French settlers' committee to demand the formation of a...
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Barbie of anything given that French officers like the war hero General Jacques Massu had also engaged in torture and extrajudicial executions during the...
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Lagaillarde, Generals Raoul Salan, Edmond Jouhaud, Jean Gracieux, and Jacques Massu, and by Admiral Philippe Auboyneau, commander of the Mediterranean fleet...
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become the 10th Parachute Division, in Algeria commanded by General Jacques Massu. He took part in the Anglo-French operation during the Suez Crisis in...
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" claimed torture was a "necessary evil ." To the contrary, General Jacques Massu denounced it, following Aussaresses's revelations and, before his death...
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the controversial lawyer Jacques Vergès argued that during the Algerian War, French officers such as General Jacques Massu had committed war crimes similar...
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Partisans' of the French Resistance: 'Another will take my place'. General Jacques Massu, however, was frustrated with Bigeard's slow progress, and arranged...
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politicians and generals, had been swirling in Algeria for some time. General Jacques Massu controlled the riot by forming a 'Committee of Public Safety', demanding...
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settembre 1943 (in Italian). Ufficio Storico Stato maggiore Esercito. "Jacques Massu obituary". Times online. Retrieved 27 October 2012. "Corsica's 253 year...
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and Army Public Security" was created under the presidency of General Jacques Massu, a Gaullist sympathiser. General Raoul Salan, Commander-in-Chief in...
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Algerian War by French paratroopers of the 10th Parachute Division under Jacques Massu during the Battle of Algiers (1957). After it was discovered that corpses...
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breakdown During the May 1958 crisis in France, an army junta under General Jacques Massu seized power in Algiers on the night of 13 May 1958 and General Salan...
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composite of several French counterinsurgency officers, especially Jacques Massu. Saadi Yacef has said that Mathieu was based more on Marcel Bigeard...
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divisions in 1956, the 10th Parachute Division under the command of General Jacques Massu and the 25th Parachute Division under the command of General Sauvagnac...
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artillery units. Langlade intended to send 'Groupe Massu' commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Jacques Massu, to attack the Germans concentrated in Dompaire which...
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(10e Division Parachutiste, 10e DP) came under the command of General Jacques Massu and General Henri Sauvagnac took over the 25th Parachute Division (25e...
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of the French Forces in Germany, in Baden-Baden, to meet General Jacques Massu. Massu persuaded the discouraged de Gaulle to return to France; now knowing...
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Manley Power René Coty Guy Mollet Pierre Barjot André Beaufre Jacques Massu Gamal Abdel Nasser Abdel Hakim Amer Saadedden Mutawally Sami Yassa...
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French paratrooper units of the French Armed Forces were commanded by Jacques Massu, Buchond, Marcel Bigeard, Paul Aussaresses. Other Legion offensives...
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Mutter [fr], Governor-General of Algeria 13 May 1958 to 23 May 1958 Jacques Massu, President of the Committee of Public Safety In rebellion during the...
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the Army's most decorated officer, General Jacques Pâris de Bollardière, confronted General Jacques Massu, the commander of French forces in the Battle...
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