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    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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  • 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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  • philosopher Jacques Marquette (1637–1675), French explorer, led first European expedition to the northern Mississippi River Jacques Massu (1908–2002)...
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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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    " 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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    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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    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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    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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  • units, faced French Army units commanded by several generals, including Jacques Massu. According to the French, the battle followed an ambush near Médéa in...
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  • later on 30 May, Charles de Gaulle, back in Paris after meeting with Jacques Massu in Baden-Baden, Germany, the previous day, was confronted by an enormous...
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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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  • Chassin. Martel became a member of the 'Safety Committee' of general Jacques Massu, who had temporary command over civil and military matters in Algeria...
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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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  • 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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    (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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  • presence of French military forces in the area, marking the commencement of Massu’s offensive. The battle commenced at 10 AM with the first shots fired. Despite...
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    Martin [fr] Roger Faulques Wilhelmus Vaal Paul Aussaresses Jean Graziani Jacques Massu André Chabanne Henri Pouillot Yves Godard Charles Ailleret [fr] Marcel...
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