Henri Parisot (1881–1963) was a French general during the

First World War World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

(1914–1918) and

Second World War World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

(1939–1945). Parisot fought with the infantry during the First World War. In February 1918, he was appointed

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to the Italian general headquarters. In April, he was moved to the newly established allied headquarters of

Ferdinand Foch Ferdinand Foch ( , ; 2 October 1851 – 20 March 1929) was a French general, Marshal of France and a member of the Académie Française and French Academy of Sciences, Académie des Sciences. He distinguished himself as Supreme Allied Commander ...

. He remained with the French headquarters in occupied Germany until December 1925. Following this, he was given command of a regiment until 17 June 1933, when he was sent to Rome as military attaché at the French embassy. As attaché at Rome, Parisot advocated détente with Italy. This policy was at odds with that in favour at the

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(the French intelligence agency). As a result, Parisot found his communications with the Bureau stymied. He was still attaché at Rome when Italy declared war on France on 10 June 1940. He was repatriated and then selected as one of the French delegation that formally negotiated and signed the

armistice with Germany {{Short description, none This is a list of armistices signed by the German Empire (1871–1918) or Nazi Germany (1933–1945). An armistice is a temporary agreement to cease hostilities. The period of an armistice may be used to negotiate a peace t ...

on 22 June and the

armistice with Italy The Armistice of Cassibile ( Italian: ''Armistizio di Cassibile'') was an armistice that was signed on 3 September 1943 by Italy and the Allies, marking the end of hostilities between Italy and the Allies during World War II. It was made public ...

on 24 June. After the armistice with Italy, Parisot was sent to Turin as deputy chief of the French delegation to the Italian Armistice Commission. He was valued because he had a good relationship with the Italian chief-of-staff, Marshal

Pietro Badoglio Pietro Badoglio, 1st Duke of Addis Abeba, 1st Marquess of Sabotino ( , ; 28 September 1871 – 1 November 1956), was an Italian general during both World Wars and the first viceroy of Italian East Africa. With the fall of the Fascist regim ...

, going back to their time at the allied headquarters under Foch in 1918. Robert O. Paxton, ''Parades and Politics at Vichy: The French Officer Corps under Marshal Pétain'' (Princeton University Press, 1966), p. 111.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Parisot, Henri 1881 births 1963 deaths French generals French military personnel of World War I French military personnel of World War II