Lieutenant General Jean-Baptiste Piron DSO (10 April 1896 – 4 September 1974) was a Belgian military officer, best known for his role in the Free Belgian...
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Independent Belgian Brigade (redirect from Brigade Piron)
World War II, commonly known as the Piron Brigade (Brigade Piron) after its commanding officer Jean-Baptiste Piron. It saw action in Western Europe and...
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jazz musician Claude Piron (1931-2008), a Swiss translator Constantin Piron (1932-2012), a Belgian physicist Jean-Baptiste Piron (1896-1974), a Belgian...
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of the 1st Belgian Infantry Brigade, commonly known as Brigade Piron, Jean-Baptiste Piron being the chief of this unit. This contingent was named the Luxembourg...
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"Brigade Piron" after its commander Jean-Baptiste Piron. The Troop numbered some 80 men. The battery landed in Normandy with the Brigade Piron on 6 August...
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Luxembourg) more often known as the Brigade Piron after its commanding officer, Jean-Baptiste Piron. The Brigade Piron was involved in the Normandy Invasion...
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1951) became autonomous in 1946 under the command, initially, of Jean-Baptiste Piron. Belgian soldiers remained in Germany until 31 December 2005. Polish...
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Luxembourg, more often known as the Brigade Piron after its commanding officer, Jean-Baptiste Piron. The Brigade Piron was involved in the Normandy Invasion...
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Unit Arrival Commander 1st Belgian Infantry Brigade ( "Brigade Piron") Between 30 July – 8 August Colonel Jean-Baptiste Piron...
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infantry brigades of I Corps under the command of Lieutenant General Jean-Baptiste Piron. They controlled a 200 kilometres (120 mi)-strip from the Belgian-German...
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Free Belgian forces (section Brigade Piron)
Infantry Brigade, more often known as the Brigade Piron after its commanding officer, Colonel Jean-Baptiste Piron. The unit not only included motorized infantry...
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Jean-Jacques Caffieri, ca.1762, Alexis Piron, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, Dijon, France Jean-Jacques Caffieri, ca.1760, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Musée des Beaux-Arts...
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Forward Delivery Squadron, RAC 1st Belgian Infantry Brigade, Colonel Jean-Baptiste Piron 1st Belgian Independent Motorised Fighting Group, Major Wintergroen...
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Jean-Baptiste Rousseau (6 April 1671 – 17 March 1741) was a French playwright and poet, particularly noted for his cynical epigrams. Rousseau was born...
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Belgarum (lit. 'Shield of the Belgians') Commanders Notable commanders Jean-Baptiste Piron (1946–51) Albert Crahay (1960–64) Francis Briquemont (1993–96)...
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Luxembourg) more often known as the Brigade Piron after its commanding officer, Jean-Baptiste Piron. The Brigade Piron was involved in the Normandy Invasion...
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Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset (August 29, 1709 – June 16, 1777) was a French poet and dramatist, best known for his poem Vert-Vert. Gresset was born at...
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Yser Caserne, Lüdenscheid, on 15 October 1946. Lieutenant General Jean-Baptiste Piron took command in November 1946. Corps headquarters moved to Haelen...
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Oordt Jean-Baptiste Piron Mikhail Mikhailovich Pleshkov Gerard Veringa Joris Voorhoeve Joseph Weyland Officers Father Jean Bernard Hugo Gernsback Jean-Marie...
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polytechnique (also nicknamed "X" and founded by one of its ex-students, Jean Chapelié) The Faculty of Social and Military Sciences (S.M.S.): Master in...
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(1870–1935), painter Sander Pierron (1872–1945), writer and art critic Jean-Baptiste Piron (1896–1974), military officer, best known for his role in the Free...
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"Brigade Piron" after its commander Jean-Baptiste Piron. The battery numbered some 80 men. The battery landed in Normandy with rest of the Brigade Piron on...
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Blondeel explained that he believed the reasons were largely because of Jean-Baptiste Piron, a Belgian military commander, as he had desperately wished his Brigade...
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Major General Jules François Gaston Everaert Lieutenant General Jean-Baptiste Piron Lieutenant General Jules Joseph Pire Cavalry Lieutenant General Sir...
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Ferdinand Tromme Major General Maurice Jacmart Lieutenant General Jean-Baptiste Piron Lieutenant General Jules Joseph Pire Cavalry Lieutenant General Sir...
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General Marcel Jooris Major General Maurice Jacmart Lieutenant General Jean-Baptiste Piron Lieutenant General Jules Joseph Pire Cavalry Lieutenant General Sir...
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French composers and music theorists of the 18th century, he replaced Jean-Baptiste Lully as the dominant composer of French opera and is also considered...
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Jean-Baptiste Piron Major General Baron Georges Danloy Baron Charles Poswick Baron Gilbert Thibaut de Maisières Walter Ganshof van der Meersch Jean-Baptiste...
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General Marcel Jooris Major General Maurice Jacmart Lieutenant General Jean-Baptiste Piron Lieutenant General Jules Joseph Pire Cavalry Lieutenant General Sir...
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Paul Piron, De Belgische beeldende kunstenaars uit de 19de en 20ste eeuw, Art in Belgium, Brussels, 1999 (2 vols.) ISBN 90-7667-601-1 Paul Piron, Dictionnaire...
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