Maréchal De Lattre on His Deathbed

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Maréchal Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, a highly distinguished French military commander and war hero, passed away on January 11, 1952, in Paris, France. Born on February 2, 1889, in Mouilleron-en-Pareds, Vendée, he was a key figure in France during World War II and the immediate post-war period.

De Lattre de Tassigny played a pivotal role in the French resistance against Nazi Germany. After the fall of France in 1940, he was imprisoned for his opposition to the Vichy regime but managed to escape and joined Charles de Gaulle's Free French Forces. He led the French First Army during the liberation of France in 1944 and was instrumental in several key battles, including the liberation of Alsace and the invasion of Germany.

[nofuckinway]

Wasn't too sure who this man was (thanks google )

But after reading about him, its really cool to see something like this :) thanks!

[p4irs]

ah ww2 hero

[Rusty666]

interesting

[sarahowen662]

Wow, did you see the decorations he got??:
Legion of Honour:
Knight - 20 December 1914;
Officer - 16 June 1920;
Commander - 20 December 1935;
Grand Officer - 12 July 1940;
Grand Cross - 10 February 1945.
Companion of the Liberation (decree 20 November 1944)
Médaille Militaire
Croix de guerre 1914-1918 (8 citations)
Croix de guerre 1939-1945
Croix de guerre des Théatres d'Opérations Exterieures (3 citations)
Médaille des Evadés
Gold Medal of Physical Education
Gold Medal of Public Health
Military Cross (UK)
Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (UK)
Distinguished Service Medal (US)
Legion of Merit (US)
Order of Suvorov, 1st class (USSR)
Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold (Belgium)
Croix de Guerre (Belgium)
Grand Cross of the Order of the White Lion (Czechoslovakia)
Czechoslovak War Cross (Czechoslovakia)
Grand Cross of the Order of St Olav (Norway)
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau (Netherlands)
Commander's Cross of the Virtuti Militari (Poland)
Cross of Grunwald, 1st class (Poland)
Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog (Denmark)
Commander of the Brazilian Order of Merit
Grand Cross of the Order of the Liberator General San Martin (Argentina)
Order of Military Merit, white (Cuba)
Medal of Military Merit (Mexico)
Grand Cross of Order of Military Merit (Chile)
Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Cambodia
Grand Cross of the National Order of Vietnam
Grand Cross of the Order of a Million Elephants and White Parasol (Laos)
Sherefian Merit Medal (Morocco)
Grand Cross of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite (Morocco)
Grand Cross of the Order of Blood (Tunisia)
Grand Cross of the Order of the Black Star (Benin)

[dEAD mICHAEL]

Wow a Hero. And yet never heard of him. A little bio would have been nice.

[kilyurselph]

He looks Dead to me, I always thought that the term "he's on his death bed" meant that they are busy dying but not quite dead yet. And like I said, he looks mighty Dead to me.

[QuickPeek]

"On his deathbed" means he is on (or in) the bed he is dying in, NOT the place they put his body once he has died.

[Squatty]

His only son was an officer in the French Army as well and was killed in battle in North Vietnam (then Tonkin). it is said that the Marechal died of a broken heart because of that.