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Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque — The liberator of Paris and Strasbourg, 1902–1947
Twice escaped in 1940, rallied under the war name Leclerc, he took Kufra and had his men swear “to lay down arms only when our colours fly over Strasbourg cathedral” — an oath kept on 23 November 1944, after liberating Paris at the head of the 2nd Armored. (Editorial synthesis)
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque was born on 22 November 1902. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque was born in Belloy-Saint-Léonard. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque died on 28 November 1947. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
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