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Jacques Servranckx
Jacques Servranckx (21 January 1928 in Belgium – 16 May 2017 in Paris France), was a French general that has served an entire career in the French Foreign Legion then the French Army. Military career French naturalized in 1936 following the naturalization of his father, he integrated École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr, promotion « Nouveau Bahut », between 1945 and 1947. He then joined in 1948 the École de l'infanterie (french: école de l'infanterie) where he served successively as a student-officer then instructor. He then commanded sections of reserve infantry student officers at ESMIA. Volunteer for reinforcements of the French Foreign Legion destined for the Far East, he was assigned to the 1st Foreign Infantry Regiment 1er REI which he rejoined in 1949 at Sidi Bel Abbès. At his arrival in Saigon, he was assigned to the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment 2e REI and received the command of the intervention section of the Armored Train of the Northern Zone. Wounded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
École De L'infanterie
The ''École de l'infanterie'' (English language, English: "Infantry School"), formerly known as ''École d'application de l'infanterie'', is a French military academy that trains commissioned officers, non-commissioned officers, and some enlisted personnel having special aptitudes and roles. It is located in Draguignan. The École de l'infanterie offers over 70 different courses (either generalist, specialist or adaptation) to around 1500 trainees yearly. Five hundred additional trainees from foreign armies or from French ministries other than that of Defence, attend annual courses there., History The École d'application de l'infanterie was created on 30 January 1946 in Auvours, as a post-graduate course for young officers freshly graduated from école spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr, Saint-Cyr. On 15 October 1948, the school was moved to Coëtquidan, next to Saint-Cyr itself. In October 1951, it was moved again to Saint-Maixent, and opened to non-commissioned officer promoting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baden-Baden
Baden-Baden () is a spa town in the state of Baden-Württemberg, south-western Germany, at the north-western border of the Black Forest mountain range on the small river Oos, ten kilometres (six miles) east of the Rhine, the border with France, and forty kilometres (twenty-five miles) north-east of Strasbourg, France. In 2021, the town became part of the transnational UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name "Great Spa Towns of Europe", because of its famous spas and architecture that exemplifies the popularity of spa towns in Europe in the 18th through 20th centuries. Name The springs at Baden-Baden were known to the Romans as ("The Waters") and (" Aurelia-of-the-Waters") after M. Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus. In modern German, ' is a noun meaning "bathing" but Baden, the original name of the town, derives from an earlier plural form of ' ( "bath"). (Modern German uses the plural form '.) As with the English placename "Bath", other Badens are at hot sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Forces In Germany
French military forces were stationed in Germany after the surrender of Germany at the conclusion of the Second World War. France was one of four powers allocated an occupation zone. The French zone of occupation (, occupation forces in Germany) existed from the end of the war until 10 August 1949. Subsequently, the French military stationed forces in Germany (, FFA) with headquarters in Baden-Baden during the period of the Cold War. The makeup of the FFA during the period 1950-1990 varied according to the demands being made on French military forces serving elsewhere. For example, the presence of large numbers of Algerian Muslims, both volunteers and conscripts, in the French Army at the beginning of the Algerian War in 1954 raised increasing concerns regarding divided loyalties and the danger of defection with weapons. Accordingly, the majority of Algerian tirailleur (infantry) units were deployed to Germany, replacing Metropolitan French troops for service in North Africa. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Algeria
) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , religion = , official_languages = , languages_type = Other languages , languages = Algerian Arabic (Darja)French , ethnic_groups = , demonym = Algerian , government_type = Unitary semi-presidential republic , leader_title1 = President , leader_name1 = Abdelmadjid Tebboune , leader_title2 = Prime Minister , leader_name2 = Aymen Benabderrahmane , leader_title3 = Council President , leader_name3 = Salah Goudjil , leader_title4 = Assembly President , leader_name4 = Ibrahim Boughali , legislature = Parliament , upper_house = Council of the Nation , lower ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legion D'honneur
The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon Bonaparte, it has been retained (with occasional slight alterations) by all later French governments and regimes. The order's motto is ' ("Honour and Fatherland"); its seat is the Palais de la Légion d'Honneur next to the Musée d'Orsay, on the left bank of the Seine in Paris. The order is divided into five degrees of increasing distinction: ' (Knight), ' (Officer), ' (Commander), ' (Grand Officer) and ' (Grand Cross). History Consulate During the French Revolution, all of the French orders of chivalry were abolished and replaced with Weapons of Honour. It was the wish of Napoleon Bonaparte, the First Consul, to create a reward to commend civilians and soldiers. From this wish was instituted a , a body of men that was not an order of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
