Alphonse Juin

Local nameMémorial Marechal Juin
LocationLe Lavandou

Alphonse Pierre Juin was a senior French Army general who became Marshal of France. A graduate of the École Spéciale Militaire class of 1912, he served in Morocco in 1914 in command of native troops. Upon the outbreak of the First World War, he was sent to the Western Front in France, where he was gravely wounded in 1915. As a result of this wound, he lost the use of his right arm.

After the war, he attended the École Supérieure de Guerre. He chose to serve in North Africa again. After the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939, he assumed command of the 15th Motorized Infantry Division. The division was encircled in the Lille pocket during the Battle of France and Juin was captured. He was a prisoner of war until he was released at the behest of the Vichy Government in 1941, and was assigned to command French forces in North Africa.

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

Address 175 Avenue du Maréchal Juin, Le Lavandou 83980, France

Coordinates 43°8'10.055" N 6°21'38.613" E

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