Gaston Billotte
Deceased Person
1875 – 1940
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Who was Gaston Billotte?
Gaston-Henri Billotte was a French military officer, remembered chiefly for his central role in the failure of the French Army to defeat the German invasion of France in May 1940. He was killed in a car accident at the height of the battle.
Billotte was born at Sommeval, in the Aube. He graduated from the Saint-Cyr military academy in 1896 and joined the infantry.
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- Born
- Feb 10, 1875
Sommeval - Also known as
- Gaston-Henri Billotte
- Children
- Education
- Ecole Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr
- Died
- May 23, 1940
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on July 23, 2013
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