Charles Delestraint
Charles Delestraint (12 March 1879 – 19 April 1945) was a French Army lieutenant general and member of the French Resistance during World War II. He also befriended Charles de Gaulle. Delestraint was killed by the Gestapo in 1945. Early life He was born in Biache Saint-Waast, Pas-de-Calais. Military career World War 1 Delestraint was captured early during World War I and spent the remainder of it as a prisoner of war. Interwar Period After the war he remained in the army where he was a proponent for the use of armoured forces. World War 2 Delestraint retired in 1939 but was recalled to service after the outbreak of World War II. During the Battle of France, on 3 June 1940, he led the armoured counterattack against Germans in Abbeville. In The Resistance After the surrender of France on 25 June, he retired to Bourg-en-Bresse where Henri Frenay recruited him into the French Resistance. Delestraint began to organize resistance in Lyon. He clandestinely visited Charles de Gau ...
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