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Oct 27, 2020 · BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)To license this film, visit https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA2DU0NYVEE4JUVSUJ9HEKHNR5I-WORLD-WAR-2-FRANCE-GENERAL-C...
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Mar 15, 2021 · In this documentary directed by Frank Capra, FDR speaks against Nazi aggression in France and Hitler meets with General Huntziger.
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General Huntziger dismissed Taittinger’s warning entirely. The chief comptroller of the Army asked General Huntziger if he put any stock in Taittinger’s report and the general replied,...
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Charles Huntziger (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl œ̃tsiʒe]; 25 June 1880 – 11 November 1941) was a French Army general during World War I and World War II. He was born at Lesneven , in Brittany of a family which settled in the region, after the Prussian invasion of Alsace during the 1870 Franco-Prussian War.
The French 2nd Army was the force responsible for defending Sedan. Commanded by General Charles Huntziger, it had gained fame at the Battle of Verdun in World War I.
Charles Huntziger was born in Lesneven, Finistère, France. He graduated from the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr in Brittany, France in 1900 and then joined the colonial infantry. During WW1, he served in the Middle East; he served as the chief of staff of operations of the Allied Expeditionary Force and had a role in the planning of ...
