X-Nico

Bureau Central de Renseignements et d'Action

Upon the reconciliation between General Henri Giraud and Charles de Gaulle in 1943, the French national liberation committee ordered the fusion of the BCRA and the clandestine intelligence services of Rivet into a new structure, the Direction générale des services spéciaux (DGSS, General Directorate for Special Services).

Königstein Fortress

Henri Giraud (1940–1942), French general; successfully escaped from the castle

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However, on April 17, 1942, French General Henri Giraud successfully escaped German captivity from the castle.

Robert Daniel Murphy

Prior to the November 8 invasion, Murphy, along with US General Mark Wayne Clark, had worked to gain the important blessing of the anti-British French General Henri Giraud for the attack.

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