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Undaunted, Gabin joined General Charles de Gaulle 's Free French Forces and earned the Médaille militaire and a Croix de Guerre for his wartime valor fighting with the Allies in North Africa. Following D-Day, Gabin served with the 2nd armored division that liberated Paris.
Of course, when the Free French high command heard of this, they were eager to co-opt him for propaganda, but Gabin held out, and went on to serve twenty-seven unglamorous months with the Free French army as an instructor and tank commander in North Africa, France, and Germany.
On it lay the beribboned military and civil decorations of the defunct. Nearby stood the furled flags of the Fusiliers Armored Regiment and the Second Armored Division of the Free French Forces, where he had served as a tank commander during the liberation of France in 1945.
- Joseph Harriss
Dec 23, 2018 · Gabin offered his services to the Free French. Its representatives wanted him to do propaganda films, but Gabin insisted on active duty in the armed forces.
Oct 24, 2017 · Gabin then decided it was time to get into the war. He joined De Gaulle’s Free French Forces, and served with distinction in North Africa. The German-born Dietrich also enlisted on the Allied side, due to her anti-Fascist sentiments and a desire to be close to Jean.
May 23, 2018 · Military Service: Joined Free French, 1943; participated in Normandy invasion, 1944; received Croix de Guerre and Médaille Militaire; Family: Married 1) Gaby Basset, 1928 (divorced 1931); 2) Jeanne Susanne Mauchin, 1932 (divorced 1942); 3) Dominique Fournier, 1949, children: Florence, Valerie, and Mathias.
Undaunted, Jean Gabin joined General Charles de Gaulle's Free French Forces and earned the Médaille militaire and a Croix de guerre for his wartime valor fighting with the Allies in North Africa. Following D-Day, Gabin was part of the military contingent that entered a liberated Paris.
