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    France in 1984. Marie-Pierre Kœnig was born on 10 October 1898, in Caen, Calvados, France. His parents were from the Alsace region. Kœnig fought in the French...
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    Pierre Francis Koenig (October 17, 1925 – April 4, 2004) was an American architect and a Professor of Architecture at the University of Southern California...
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    Philippe Kieffer (who led his men in the assault on Ouistreham), Marie-Pierre Kœnig (who commanded the Free French Forces in the invasion), Max Pemsel (a...
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    of the French Forces in Germany before the role was assumed by Marie-Pierre Kœnig. André François-Poncet, ambassador to Germany during the 1930s, was named...
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    Free French Division, commanded by Colonel Marie-Pierre Kœnig. Travers was assigned as the driver to Kœnig. They became lovers. In May 1942, the 1st Free...
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  • König (redirect from Koenig)
    umlaut, the transliterations Koenig and Kœnig, when referring to a surname, also occur. As a surname in English, the use of Koenig is usual, and sometimes...
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    French Brigade of Général de brigade, future Maréchal de France Marie-Pierre Kœnig defended the site from 26 May – 11 June against much larger German and...
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    Pierre-Augustin Hulin (French pronunciation: [pjeʁ oɡystɛ̃ ylɛ̃]; 6 September 1758 – 9 January 1841) was a French general under Napoleon Bonaparte who...
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    June 1942). The 1st Free French Brigade under Général de brigade Marie-Pierre Kœnig defended the position from 26 May – 11 June against Axis forces of Panzerarmee...
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    promoted in 1952, who died in 1967. The latest Marshal of France was Marie-Pierre Kœnig, who was made a Marshal posthumously in 1984. Today, the title of Marshal...
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    General Brian Robertson, from the United Kingdom, and General Marie-Pierre Kœnig from France. General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery...
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    of General Marie Pierre Kœnig, who attempted to unify resistance efforts against the Germans. General Eisenhower confirmed Koenig's command of the FFI...
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    a seven-star insignia that was last conferred posthumously on Marie Pierre Koenig in 1984. Rank insignia in the French army depend on whether the soldier...
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    Regulation No. 57 of the French military government under General Marie-Pierre Kœnig. It was initially called Rhenish-Palatinate (Rheinpfälzisches Land or...
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    a steel-framed modernist house in the Hollywood Hills, designed by Pierre Koenig. It was registered as Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #669, with...
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    Defence Force. There was also a brigade of Free French under Marie-Pierre Koenig. The new formation launched a new offensive, Operation Crusader, in...
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    Charles Pierre François Augereau, 1st Duke of Castiglione (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl pjɛʁ oʒʁo]; 21 October 1757 – 12 June 1816) was a French military...
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    Study House #22) is a modernist-styled house designed by architect Pierre Koenig in the Hollywood Hills section of Los Angeles, California, which is...
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  • the day of its signature. Signed in Berlin on February 25, 1947. Marie-Pierre Kœnig, Army general Vasily Sokolovsky, Marshal of the Soviet Union Lucius D...
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  • church altar in 1946. Fréour was the sculptor of the statue of Kœnig inaugurated in 1991. Kœnig had fought as a sergeant in the 36th Infantry in the 1914-1918...
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  • Ellwood, and other architects of the time such as Charles and Ray Eames, Pierre Koenig and Richard Neutra. Garrett Eckbo designed the home's garden which was...
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    accompanied by senior military figures including Leclerc, Alphonse Juin, Marie-Pierre Kœnig and Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu. Montgomery's troops liberated Tailly...
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    Carnets de Galliéni, publiés par son fils Gaëtan Galliéni, avec des notes de Pierre-Barthélemy Gheusi, Paris, Albin Michel, 1932 "Gallieni, Joseph Simon | Encyclopedia...
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    visited Paris, where he was received by the French Defense Minister Marie-Pierre Kœnig, who told him that France would sell Israel any weapons it wanted to...
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    ordinance No. 57 of the French military government under General Marie-Pierre Kœnig. Little reconstruction took place until the currency reform of 1948....
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    nationale et des Forces armées) 14 Pierre Kœnig 23 February 1955 6 October 1955 225 days Faure II René Coty 15 Pierre Billotte 6 October 1955 1 February...
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    and Ray Eames, Craig Ellwood, A. Quincy Jones, Edward Killingsworth, Pierre Koenig, Richard Neutra, Ralph Rapson, Eero Saarinen, and Raphael Soriano to...
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    Jahan Begum Marie-Pierre Kœnig Jagatjit Singh Walter Bedell Smith Jan Syrový Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder Grand Officers Pierre Clostermann Henri Romans-Petit...
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    General Dietrich von Choltitz General Philippe Leclerc: 1944 General Marie-Pierre Kœnig: 1944–1945 General Paul Legentilhomme: 1945–1947 Army general René Chouteau:...
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    Sir Bertram Ramsay.  Royal Navy French Representative General Marie-Pierre Kœnig French Liberation Army Soviet Representative General Ivan Susloparov...
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