Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque

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Free French Forces officer French general World War II military personnel human military officer

Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque was a prominent French general of World War II, renowned for leading Free French forces in the liberation of France and later serving as a key military commander in postwar French colonial conflicts.

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Maréchal Leclerc 1
Philippe Leclerc 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Free French Forces officer ⓘ
French general ⓘ
World War II military personnel ⓘ
human ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
allegiance France ⓘ
Free France ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Leclerc ⓘ
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque ⓘ
surface form: Maréchal Leclerc
birthDate 1902-11-22 ⓘ
birthName Philippe François Marie de Hauteclocque ⓘ
birthPlace Belloy-Saint-Léonard, Somme, France ⓘ
burialPlace Les Invalides, Paris ⓘ
causeOfDeath airplane crash ⓘ
commanded 2nd Armoured Division (France) ⓘ
French Far East Expeditionary Corps ⓘ
French Equatorial Africa ⓘ
surface form: French Forces in Equatorial Africa
conflict First Indochina War ⓘ
Italian campaign ⓘ
surface form: Italian campaign of World War II

North African campaign ⓘ
Western Front ⓘ
surface form: Western Front (World War II)

World War II ⓘ
postwar French colonial conflicts ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
deathDate 1947-11-28 ⓘ
deathPlace near Colomb-Béchar, French Algeria ⓘ
educatedAt École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr ⓘ
familyName de Hauteclocque ⓘ
givenName Philippe, Duke of Anjou ⓘ
surface form: Philippe
hasMemorial Musée du Général Leclerc de Hauteclocque et de la Libération de Paris ⓘ
hasTitle Maréchal de France ⓘ
honouredIn Place du Maréchal Leclerc (various French cities) ⓘ
loyalty Charles de Gaulle ⓘ
militaryAward Compagnon de la Libération ⓘ
Croix de Guerre ⓘ
surface form: Croix de guerre 1939–1945

Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Grand Croix de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
surface form: Grand Cross of the Légion d'honneur

Médaille de la Résistance ⓘ
Silver Star ⓘ
militaryBranch French Army ⓘ
name Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque self-link ⓘ
notableFor command of the 2nd Armoured Division ⓘ
leading Free French forces in the liberation of France ⓘ
participatedIn Fezzan campaign ⓘ
Liberation of Paris ⓘ
campaign of France 1944–1945 ⓘ
rank Marshal of France ⓘ
general ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
servedUnder Charles de Gaulle ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque → alsoKnownAs → Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maréchal Leclerc
de Hauteclocque → alsoKnownAs → Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque ⓘ
subject surface form: Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque
this entity surface form: Philippe Leclerc
Belloy-Saint-Léonard, Somme, France → birthplaceOf → Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque ⓘ
subject surface form: Belloy-Saint-Léonard
Les Invalides, Paris → burialPlaceOf → Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque ⓘ
subject surface form: Les Invalides
2nd Armoured Division (France) → commander → Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque ⓘ
Battle of Gabon → commander → Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque ⓘ
Fezzan campaign → commander → Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque ⓘ
Liberation of France → commander → Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque ⓘ
Liberation of Paris → commander → Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque ⓘ
Hôtel des Invalides → containsTombOf → Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque ⓘ
de Hauteclocque → hasNotableBearer → Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque ⓘ
de Hauteclocque → hasNotableMember → Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque ⓘ
Belloy-Saint-Léonard, Somme, France → hasNotablePerson → Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque ⓘ
subject surface form: Belloy-Saint-Léonard
Belloy-Saint-Léonard, Somme, France → hasNotableResident → Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque ⓘ
subject surface form: Belloy-Saint-Léonard
Free France → militaryCommander → Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque ⓘ
Leclerc → name → Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque ⓘ
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque → name → Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque self-link ⓘ
2nd Armoured Division (France) → namedAfter → Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque ⓘ
Leclerc main battle tank → namedAfter → Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque ⓘ
2nd Armoured Division (France) → notableCommander → Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque ⓘ
Free French Forces → notableCommander → Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque ⓘ
FFL → notableCommander → Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque ⓘ
subject surface form: Free French Forces
Compagnon de la Libération → notableRecipient → Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque ⓘ
Japanese Instrument of Surrender → signedBy → Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque ⓘ
de Hauteclocque → usedInFullNameOf → Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque ⓘ