Lucien Loizeau (9 April 1879 – 6 June 1978) was a French general who was known for his writings on military topics. Commander of the French 6th Army Corps at the beginning of World War II, he was taken prisoner by the Germans in 1940 and was held for the remainder of the war at the German POW camp at

Königstein Fortress Königstein Fortress (german: Festung Königstein), the " Saxon Bastille", is a hilltop fortress near Dresden, in Saxon Switzerland, Germany, above the town of Königstein on the left bank of the River Elbe. It is one of the largest hilltop fo ...

. He was awarded the Grand Cross of the

Legion of Honour 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 ...

in 1950."Général Loizeau (1879 - 1978)"
, Les Archives municipales d'Angoulême (accessed 2014-10-10) (in French).

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