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Jean de Lattre de Tassigny — The French signatory of the German capitulation, 1889–1952
A Vendéen like Clemenceau, chief of the First Army “Rhin et Danube” that fought up from Provence to the Danube, he signed the German capitulation for France. He lost his only son, who fell in Indochina. (Editorial synthesis)
Recorded office of Jean de Lattre de Tassigny: Marshalcy of France (on 15 January 1952). (source: Ministère des Armées)
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny was born on 2 February 1889. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny was born in Mouilleron-en-Pareds. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny died on 11 January 1952. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny died in Paris. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
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