Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque

Local nameGénéral Leclerc
LocationStrasbourg, France

Philippe François Marie Leclerc de Hauteclocque was a Free-French general during World War II. He became Marshal of France posthumously in 1952, and is known in France simply as le maréchal Leclerc or just Leclerc.

The son of an aristocratic family, Hauteclocque graduated from the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr, the French military academy, in 1924. After service with the French Occupation of the Ruhr and in Morocco, he returned to Saint-Cyr as an instructor. He was awarded the croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures for leading goumiers in an attack on caves and ravines on Bou Amdoun on 11 August 1933.

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Rol-Tanguy et Leclerc @ Unknown photo de 1944 prise par un membre de l'état-major de Rol-Tanguy ou de Leclerc

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Leclerc_de_Hauteclocque

Address 19 Place de Broglie, Strasbourg 67000, France

Coordinates 48°35'7.885" N 7°45'5.155" E

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