René Jacques Adolphe Prioux (11 April 1879 – 16 June 1953) was a French general who served in both world wars. A cavalry officer of great talent, Prioux...
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French IV Corps and V Corps (about 40,000 men) of the First Army (General René Prioux) was conducted by four German infantry divisions supported by three panzer...
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defend the Gembloux–Wavre axis. The French Corps de Cavalerie (Général René Prioux), advanced to Hannut, to screen the deployment of the rest of the First...
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Battle of Hannut (section Prioux's mistake)
mechanised Corps de Cavalerie (Cavalry Corps), commanded by General René Prioux, to advance into Belgium to support the large but more lightly equipped...
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in 1940 after the defeat of France by Germany. Commanded by General René Prioux, the Cavalry Corps advanced into Belgium in May 1940 and imposed significant...
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Georges Maurice Jean Blanchard Cavalry Corps – Général de corps d'armée René Prioux (vs. Hoeppner's XVI Pz Corps @ Hannut) 2nd Light Mechanized Division...
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Armistice) General Georges Blanchard (2 September 1939 – 26 May 1940) General René Prioux (26–29 May 1940) General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (September 1944 –...
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an unfortified part of the Allied line. To gain time to dig in there, René Prioux, commanding the Cavalry Corps of the French First Army, sent the 2nd...
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Commander, 7th Army, captured 19 May 1940, escaped 17 April 1942. General René Prioux (France) - Commander, Corps de Cavalerie, captured 29 May 1940, released...
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Netherlands Germany Commanders and leaders Maxime Weygand Georges Blanchard René Prioux J.-M. Charles Abrial Lord Gort Gerd von Rundstedt Fedor von Bock Ewald...
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Franklyn had support from the French Corps de Cavalerie (Lieutenant-General René Prioux) of the French First Army, which had fought at the Battle of Hannut (12–14...
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Canal on 27 May, thus assisting in encircling the French 1st Army under René Prioux at Lille. On 6–7 June, Hoth's divisions achieved a major breakthrough...
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Marseille, successful German fighter pilot from Occitan Huguenot ancestry. René Prioux, French general, commander of the 1940 Battle of Hannut. Adolf Galland...
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substantial support by the French Army. The French 1st Army included General René Prioux's Cavalry Corps. The corps was given the 2nd Light Mechanized Division...
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substantial support by the French Army. The French 1st Army included General René Prioux's Cavalry Corps. The Corps was given the 2nd Light Mechanized Division...
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History of Marseille.) Imprimerie Municipale of Marseille, 1988. Celine Le Prioux and Hervé Champollion, La Provence Antique, Editions Ouest-France, Rennes...
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French). family archives. pp. 93–153. Naz, Yves; Bosc, Georges; Bérard, René. "Cinquantenaire du débarquement allié en Afrique du Nord". Cercle Algérianiste...
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Vincent Jegat, Sandrine Voelcker, Georges Garnier, Sandrine Martin, Yves Le Prioux, Soana Duron, Patrick Neveux 1,537 0.44 CNIP Daniel Mugerin, Catherine Bouchy...
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positions held by 12th Division. The French cavalry corps under general Prioux also withdrew, using its last tanks to protect 12th Division's engineers...
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2014 Penrith Lucie Prioux (FRA) Martina Satková (CZE) Anna Koblencová (CZE) 2015 Foz do Iguaçu Andrea Herzog (GER) Lucie Prioux (FRA) Kate Eckhardt (AUS)...
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Wagner (GER) 2015 Kraków Nadine Weratschnig (AUT) Miren Lazkano (ESP) Lucie Prioux (FRA) 2016 Solkan Simona Maceková (SVK) Kira Kubbe (GER) Tereza Fišerová (CZE)...
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