General Henri Guisan

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Commander-in-Chief of the Swiss Armed Forces Swiss military officer human

General Henri Guisan was a prominent Swiss military leader best known as the Commander-in-Chief of Switzerland’s armed forces during World War II, symbolizing national resistance and neutrality.

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instanceOf Commander-in-Chief of the Swiss Armed Forces ⓘ
Swiss military officer ⓘ
human ⓘ
appointedAsCommanderInChief 1939 ⓘ
awardReceived Honorary citizen of many Swiss municipalities ⓘ
burialPlace Pully, Vaud, Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ
commemoratedBy Henri-Guisan-Quai in several Swiss cities ⓘ
statues and monuments in Switzerland ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Switzerland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1874-10-21 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1960-04-07 ⓘ
educatedAt Swiss military schools NERFINISHED ⓘ
École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup Swiss ⓘ
familyName Guisan NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName Henri NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCauseOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
hasHonorificTitle General ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn Swiss defense policy during World War II ⓘ
Swiss national identity in the 20th century ⓘ
knownFor Réduit National defensive strategy ⓘ
Rütli rapport of 25 July 1940 NERFINISHED ⓘ
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned French ⓘ
memberOf Swiss Reformed Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryBranch Swiss Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryRank General ⓘ
nativeLanguage French ⓘ
notableFor leadership of Swiss armed forces during World War II ⓘ
symbol of Swiss national resistance and neutrality ⓘ
occupation farmer ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Mézières, Vaud, Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath Pully, Vaud, Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfMilitaryService Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalAlignment Swiss patriotism ⓘ
positionHeld Commander-in-Chief of the Swiss Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
General of the Swiss Army ⓘ
religion Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Protestantism
residence Vaud, Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
symbolizes Swiss military resistance to invasion ⓘ
Swiss national unity ⓘ
Swiss neutrality during World War II ⓘ
workLocation Bern, Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vaud, Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Swiss General Henri Guisan