| LC control no. | n 83010369 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Leclerc, Philippe, 1902-1947 |
| Variant(s) | Leclerc de Hautecloque, Philippe, 1902-1947 Leclerc de Hauteclocque, Philippe, 1902-1947 Hauteclocque, Philippe Leclerc de, 1902-1947 Leclerc, général (Philippe), 1902-1947 |
| Associated country | France |
| Associated place | Africa, French-speaking Equatorial Algeria Libya |
| Birth date | 1902-11-22 |
| Death date | 1947-11-28 |
| Field of activity | World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Africa France--History, Military--20th century |
| Affiliation | Corps expéditionnaire français en Extrême-Orient École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr |
| Profession or occupation | Generals Armed Forces--Officers |
| Found in | Clot, R. J. Paysages africains ... 1945. Fonde, J.-J. Les loups de Leclerc, c1982 (subj.) t.p. (Leclerc) p. 7, etc. (le général Leclerc) Grand Larousse (Leclerc (Philippe Marie de Hauteclocque, dit)) Wikipedia, January 9, 2020 (Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque; Philippe François Marie Leclerc de Hauteclocque; known in France as le maréchal Leclerc or just Leclerc; born 22 November 1902, Belloy-Saint-Léonard, Somme, French Republic; died 28 November 1947 (aged 45), Colomb-Béchar, South Territory, French Algeria; graduated from École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr in 1924; after service with French occupation of the Ruhr and in Morocco, he returned to Saint-Cyr as instructor; during the Second World War he was one of the first to go to Britain to fight with the Free French under General Charles de Gaulle, adopting the nom de guerre of Leclerc; sent to French Equatorial Africa where he rallied leaders to the Free French cause and led a force against Gabon, whose leaders supported the French [Vichy] Government; from Chad he led raids into Italian Libya in 1943; after the end of the war in Europe in May 1945 he was given command of the French Far East Expeditionary Corps (Corps expéditionnaire français en Extrême-Orient, CEFEO); represented France at the surrender of the Japanese Empire in September 1945; recalled to France in 1946; appointed inspector of Land Forces in North Africa; killed in an air crash in Algeria; posthumously named a Marshal of France on 23 August 1952) |
| Associated language | fre |
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