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General Louis Dio

by Jean-Paul Michel
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9781804517628
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Helion & Company
  • Publisher Imprint: Helion & Company
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 376
  • Original Price: GBP 29.95
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 1140 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Military, Europe / France, and Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater

Chronicles the remarkable career of Louis Dio, one of the most successful yet least known leaders of Free France during World War II

G?n?ral Louis Dio: The Wartime Epic of One of Free France's Greatest Soldiers relies on archival documents and eyewitness accounts to tell the amazing story of the most famous French unit of World War II and one of its most important leaders. Louis Dio's tactical and human dimensions are on display here in this exciting biography of a truly extraordinary man.

Much has been written about G?n?ral Philippe Leclerc, from the moment he landed by canoe in Cameroon in 1940 until the Allied victory over Germany in 1945. Yet his combat companions have received much less attention. Among them, Louis Dio was the most consistent and most successful, yet he remains paradoxically one of the least known.

Prior to the war, Dio served in the legendary m?haristes in Tunisia, in French Sudan, and in Chad. Commanding the Groupe Nomade du Tibesti when the war broke out in 1939, he was placed in command of a reinforcement detachment and ordered to France, but it was too late. Then he met Leclerc when he landed in Cameroon in August 1940. The two men remained together from then on, and Dio became Leclerc's most trusted and capable subordinate. Dio was the only officer of the 2e Division Blind?e who participated in every battle from Douala, to Gabon, Kufra, the Fezzan Campaigns, Tunisia, the liberation of France, and finally to the Nazi sanctuary above Berchtesgaden. With de Gaulle's approval, Leclerc selected Dio to succeed him in 1945, and at 37 years old, he became France's youngest general of the 20th century.

Brouillet Seefried, Monique: - Monique Brouillet Seefried, Ph.D., studied ancient history at the Sorbonne. She taught and was a museum curator at Emory University before chairing the board of the International Baccalaureate and later becoming a US WWI Centennial Commissioner. She is the goddaughter of Général Dio and the daughter of René Brouillet, close collaborator of Général de Gaulle.

Michel, Jean-Paul: - Général Jean-Paul Michel, like Général Dio, commanded the Regiment de Marche du Tchad. During his military career, he served in Africa (Congo, Djibouti, Gabon, Senegal, Somalia, Tchad), and also with the UNPROFOR in the former Yugoslavia. He retired from the Army in 2008. He was President of the association Maison des Anciens de la 2e DB and of the Fondation Marechal Leclerc de Hauteclocque (2020 -24).

Musteen, Jason R.: - Colonel Jason Musteen is a retired cavalry officer and former professor at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he served as the chief of military history. He is a veteran of combat operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Horn of Africa. He has a PhD in history from Florida State University and is a graduate of the French École de Guerre.

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