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4 unusual facts about Alphonse Juin


3rd Algerian Infantry Division

It was considered by Marshal Juin and General de Monsabert as the "worthy heir" of the Legio III Augusta.

Alphonse Juin

Juin's ability to analyze where things had gone wrong in some initial thrust and to set things right for the new effort earned him great respect among his contemporaries and among historians of the war such as the American, Rick Atkinson.

Oflag IV-B Koenigstein

Brigadier General Alphonse Juin (France) - Commander, 15th Motorized Infantry Division, surrendered on 30 May 1940, released 15 June 1941.

United States Army North

VI Corps was withdrawn from the line and replaced by the French Expeditionary Corps under General Alphonse Juin.



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