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Born at Mouilleron-en-Pareds (during the time of Georges Clemenceau, who was also born there), he graduated from school in 1911, and fought in World War I. He specialized in cavalry, and was made head of the French War College in 1935. When war was declared in 1939, he became the youngest general in French history, and commanded the French 14th Infantry Regiment until the armistice with the Axis troops.
He remained on active duty, commanding Vichy French forces in Tunisia in 19411941 is also the title of a Steven Spielberg movie made in 1979 see 1941 (film). Events January January 6 Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms Speech in the State of the Union Address. January 10 Lend-Lease is introduced into the United St. He took charge of the 16th Division in 1942Events January January 1 World War II: The word " United Nations" is first officially used to describe the Allied pact. January 2 World War II: Manila is captured by Japanese forces. January 5 Amy Johnson disappears in flight over River Thames estuary ass, but began organizing an anti-German force, which led to his arrest and 10-year jail sentence. He escaped, though, to AlgiersAlgiers (Fr. Alger Arab. El-Jezair i. The Islands), is the capital and largest city of Algeria, North Africa. It is situated on the west side of a bay of the Mediterranean Sea, to which it gives its name, in 36 deg. and is built on the slopes of the Sahel, where he took command of the French Army B . French Army B were one of two armies of the Southern Group of ArmiesThe 6th Army Group was an army group of the Allies (namely the United States Army) during World War II. It was created in Corsica, Italy (specifically activated on August 1, 1944) to consolidate the combined French and American forces that were planning t otherwise known as American 6th Army Group which was set up to organise the invasion of Southern France in Operation DragoonDuring World War 2, Operation Dragoon ( Allies, 1944) was the invasion of southern France between Toulon and Cannes executed on 15 August, 1944. Originally called Anvil the name was changed by Winston Churchill, who claimed to having been "dragooned" into. The other army was the US Seventh Army commanded by Alexander M. Patch . De Lattre landed in ProvenceProvence is a former province and is now a region of southeastern France, located on the Mediterranean Sea adjacent to France's border with Italy. It is now part of the administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur. The traditional region of Provenc, southern France on August 16August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 137 days remaining. Events 1777 American Revolutionary War: Battle of Bennington British forces are defeated by American troops. 1780 American Revolutionary, 1944, and his troops began marching through France liberating the country as they went. On September 25 1944 French Army B was redesignated French First Army .
Under General Charles de Gaulle's encouragement those French Resistance members who whished to coninue fighting were incorporated into the French First Army by general de Lattre. Once France had been liberated, as part of the Alliance, his army crossed the Rhine and invaded Germany. De Lattre represented France at the German unconditional surrender at SHAEF in Rheims on May 7, 1945.
After World War II he commanded French troops in Indochina until 1951, when illness forced him to return. He died in Paris, and was posthumously made Maréchal de France.