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Having fought in the First World War and Rif War (Second Moroccan War); the aristocratic de Tassigny (nickname: 'Roi Jean') was a hero of the Free French in World War II. Later; he commanded French troops in Indochina during the First Indochina War.
He won three major victories at Vinh Yen; Mao Khe and Yen Cu Ha and successfully defended the north of the country against the Viet Minh but his only son; Bernard de Lattre de Tassigny; was killed in action during the war at the Battle for Nam Dinh.
In 1951; illness forced de Lattre de Tassigny to return to Paris where he later died of cancer; he was posthumously made Marechal de France. Pictures From History
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