Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque

(Belloy-Saint-Léonard, 1902/1947)

One of the principal military leaders of Free France, posthumously Marshal of France.

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Rare document signed by Leclerc, in Cameroon, in 1942.

From Cameroon, in 1942, Leclerc had equipment shipped to Chad.

June 1945: General Leclerc declares "We have done some fine sport"

Leclerc congratulates Ingold after the victory at Ksar Ghilane, in the Tunisian desert, in March 1943

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