词条 | Jean Raoux (soldier) |
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| name=Jean Raoux | image= | birth_date=1916 | birth_place=Dellys, Algeria | death_date=11 January 2004 | death_place= Paris, France | allegiance ={{flag|France}} {{flag|Free French Forces}} | branch =Army | rank=Général de brigade | serviceyears=1939–1972 | battles=Second World War Indochina Algeria | commands= | awards= Officier de la Légion d'honneur Croix de guerre 1939-1945 Croix de Guerre des TOE Croix de la Valeur militaire | laterwork= }}Jean Raoux (1916 – 11 January 2004) was a French général de brigade, who began his career during the Second World War and later fought in Indochina and Algeria LifeEarly lifeJean Raoux was particularly noted for his knowledge of Arabic, completed by a licence ès-lettres. In his youth he frequently met with the writer Albert Camus in Algiers. Education
Second World War
Indochina
Also whilst in Indochina he was councillor to his majesty Norodom Sihanouk, king of Cambodia, as well as Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny's personal English translator. He also met Graham Greene in Indochina and advised him on the publication of his The Quiet American. Algeria
Later career
DecorationsHonours
CitationsHe won six citations, of which two were in dispatches. Tunisian campaign (citation in the divisional orders with the Croix de guerre){{quote|A young company commander full of distinction, he distinguished himself, repeatedly engaging his unit and particularly in the valley of Oued Kebir on 17 and 25 April 1943, installing his artillery in difficult conditions under heavy fire. He then completed many missions in the plain of Pont-du-Thas, on 27, 28 and 29 April. Under heavy artillery and infantry fire he found the body of a chef de bataillon killed that morning. He continued [fighting] in the battles of 9 to 12 May (Nord de Zaghouan) to guarantee connections under violent enemy artillery fire.}}French campaign (three days after entering the campaign){{quote|An energetic and brave young officer, on 27 September 1944 he and his section were charged with covering the clearance of axis M...- la ch... Conducting an advance in force of several kilometres neutralising repeated resistance where pointing to the tanks and clearing his section in a final assault that left eight prisoners in his hands.}}{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2011}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Raoux, Jean}} 15 : 1916 births|2004 deaths|People from Dellys|Pieds-Noirs|French generals|French military personnel of World War II|Free French military personnel of World War II|French military personnel of the First Indochina War|French military personnel of the Algerian War|Officiers of the Légion d'honneur|Commanders of the National Order of Merit (France)|Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France)|Recipients of the Croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures|Recipients of the Cross for Military Valour|Knights of the Order of Agricultural Merit |
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