Saint-Cyr Military School
The military school Saint-Cyr ([ sɛ̃ siʁ ]; ESM St-Cyr - École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr ) in Coëtquidan , founded in 1802, is the officers' school of the French army . Her motto is: Ils s'instruisent pour vaincre (“You learn in order to win”). It is an elite university that requires the attendance of preparatory classes after the French Abitur.
history
On May 1, 1802 in Fontainebleau by Napoleon , a military college founded. This École spéciale militaire was moved to the eponymous Saint-Cyr-l'École in 1808 , where it moved into the building of the former Maison Royale de Saint-Louis . The officer's school has been located in Coëtquidan in Brittany since 1945 .
The school has been reorganized several times in the course of its history and at the beginning of the 20th century trained officers for the infantry , the cavalry and the colonial army . The former members always belonged to the elite of the French officer corps . The school formed a battalion of six companies . The commandant was a brigade or division general with the rights of a commanding general. After successfully completing the course, the pupils entered the army as sous-lieutenants .
Graduates
The graduates are also known as "saint-cyriens" or "cyrards". St. Cyr has connections with West Point , the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and other army officer schools . There are reciprocal visits and regular exchanges of participants with other countries. There are partnerships with several Grandes Ecoles and universities within France .
Among the most famous pupils are Philippe Pétain , the "hero of Verdun" and later President of the Vichy regime , Charles de Gaulle , who was trained between 1908 and 1912 and since 1921 worked as a teacher at the military school, and Jacques Massu , who was under served in the Algerian War. Also Zine El Abidine Ben Ali , who later became Tunisian president was a graduate of the Military Academy.
Other well-known graduates were:
- Roland Bonaparte (1858-1924)
- Marcel Carpentier (1895–1977)
- François Certain de Canrobert (1809–1895)
- Charles de Foucauld (1858-1916)
- Joseph Gallieni (1849-1916)
- Maurice Gamelin (1872-1958)
- Georges Louis Gombeaud (1870–1963)
- Arthur Constantin Krebs (1850-1935)
- Jacques-Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque (1902–1947)
- Alphonse Juin (1888-1967)
- Aram Karamanoukian (1910–1996), Syrian Lieutenant General
- Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (1889–1952)
- Hubert Lyautey (1854-1934)
- Patrice de Mac-Mahon (1808-1893)
- Joseph de Goislard de Monsabert (1887–1981), commander of the French occupation forces in Germany (1945)
- Maximilian Georg Joseph Neumayer (1789–1866), general of German descent from Rheinhessen
- Aimable Pélissier (1794–1864)
- Marie-Georges Picquart (1854–1914), General and Minister of Defense
- Gabriel Ramanantsoa (1906–1979), Chief of Staff, Prime Minister and President of Madagascar
- Haj Ali Razmara (1901–1951), Prime Minister of Iran
- Louis Rivet (1883–1958), general and head of the secret service
- Philippe Truttmann (1934-2007)
- Heinz Weil (1913–1998), resistance fighter, foreign legionnaire, president of the district court
- Maxime Weygand (1867-1965)
- Saye Zerbo (1932–2013), head of state and government of Upper Volta , today's Burkina Faso
Years of study and their names
Each year bears a name, often that of a famous officer.
- N ° 205 2018-2021 Compagnon de la Liberation
- N ° 204 2017-2020 Général Fourcade
- N ° 203 2016–2019 Général Loustaunau-Lacau
- N ° 202 2015-2018 Général Saint-Hillier
- N ° 201 2014–2017 Chef d'escadrons de Neuchèze
- N ° 200 2013-2016 Capitaine Hervouët
- N ° 199 2012–2015 of lieutenant Thomazo
- N ° 198 2011-2014 de Castelnau
- N ° 197 2010-2013 Chef de Bataillon Bulle
- N ° 196 2009-2012 Capitaine de Cacqueray
- N ° 195 2008-2011 Chef d'escadron Francoville
- N ° 194 2007-2010 Lieutenant De Loisy
- N ° 193 2006–2009 Chief of Battalion Segrétain
- N ° 192 2005-2008 Capitaine Beaumont
- N ° 191 2004-2007 Lieutenant Brunbrouck
- N ° 190 2003-2006 Général Simon
- N ° 189 2002-2005 Général de Galbert
- N ° 188 2001-2004 Général Vanbremeersch
- N ° 187 2000-2003 Général Béthouart
- N ° 186 1999-2002 du Bicentenaire de Saint-Cyr
- N ° 185 1998-2001 Chef d'escadrons Raffali
- N ° 184 1997-2000 de la France Combattante
- N ° 183 1996-1999 Général Lalande
- N ° 182 1995-1998 Colonel Cazeilles
- N ° 181 1994-1997 Commandant Morin
- N ° 180 1993–1996 Maréchal Lannes
- N ° 179 1992-1995 Capitaine Stéphane
- N ° 178 1991-1994 Chef de bataillon de Cointet
- N ° 177 1990-1993 General Guillaume
- N ° 176 1989-1992 Capitaine Hamacek
- N ° 175 1988-1991 Général Delestraint
- N ° 174 1987–1990 Lieutenant Tom Morel
- N ° 173 1986-1989 Général Calliès
- N ° 172 1985–1988 Cadets de la France libre
- N ° 171 1984-1987 Général Monclar
- N ° 170 1983-1986 Lieutenant-Colonel Gaucher
- N ° 169 1982-1985 General de Monsabert
- N ° 168 1981-1983 Grande Armée
- N ° 167 1980-1982 Montcalm
- N ° 166 1979–1981 Général Lasalle
- N ° 165 1978–1980 Général Rollet
- N ° 164 1977–1979 Maréchal Davout
- N ° 163 1976-1988 Capitaine de Cathelineau
- N ° 162 1975-1977 Capitaine Guillemot
- N ° 161 1974-1976 Lieutenant Darthenay
- N ° 160 1973–1975 Maréchal de Turenne
- N ° 159 1972–1974 de Linarès
- N ° 158 1971–1973 Capitaine Danjou
- N ° 157 1970–1972 Général de Gaulle
- N ° 156 1969–1971 Général Gilles
- N ° 155 1968–1970 Souvenir de Napoléon
- N ° 154 1967–1969 Brunet de Sairigné
- N ° 153 1966–1968 Maréchal Juin
- N ° 152 1965-1967 Lieutenant-Colonel Driant
- N ° 151 1964–1966 Corse et Provence
- N ° 150 1963-1965 Serment de 1914
- N ° 149 1962–1964 Centenaire de Camerone
- N ° 148 1961–1963 Bataille de Bir Hakeim
- N ° 147 1960–1962 Vercors
- N ° 146 1959–1961 Colonel Jean-Pierre
- N ° 145 1958–1960 Maréchal Bugeaud
- N ° 144 1957-1959 Terre d'Afrique
- N ° 143 1956-1958 Général Laperrine
- N ° 142 1955-1957 Franchet d'Esperey
- N ° 141 1954-1956 Lieutenant-Colonel Amilakvari
- N ° 140 1953–1955 Ceux de Điện Biên Phủ
- N ° 139 1952–1954 Union française
- N ° 138 1951–1953 Maréchal de Lattre
- N ° 137 1950–1952 Extreme– Orient
- N ° 136 1949-1951 Garigliano
- N ° 135 1948–1950 Général Aubert Frère
- N ° 134 1947-1949 Rhin et Danube
- N ° 133 1946-1948 General Leclerc
- N ° 132 1945–1947 Nouveau Bahut
- N ° 131 1944 Rome et Strasbourg
- N ° 130 1943 Veille au Drapeau
- N ° 129 June 1944
- N ° 129 déce 1943 Corse et Savoie
- N ° 129 juin 1943 Fezzan-Tunisie
- N ° 129 déce 1942 Bir-Hakeim
- N ° 129 juin 1942 Liberation
- N ° 129 1942 Croix de Provence
- N ° 128 1941–1942 Charles de Foucauld
- N ° 127 1940–1942 Maréchal Pétain
- N ° 126 1939–1940 Amitié Franco-Britannique
- N ° 125 1938-1939 de la Plus Grande France
- N ° 124 1937-1939 Marne et Verdun
- N ° 123 1936–1938 you soldier Inconnu
- N ° 122 1935-1937 du Maréchal Lyautey
- N ° 121 1934–1936 du Roi Alexandre 1er
- N ° 120 1933–1935 du Roi Albert 1er
- N ° 119 1932-1934 de Bournazel
- N ° 118 1931–1933 du Tafilalet
- N ° 117 1930–1932 Joseph Joffre
- N ° 116 1929-1931 Mangin
- N ° 115 1928–1930 du Maréchal Foch
- N ° 114 1927–1929 du Maréchal Gallieni
- N ° 113 1926–1928 du Sous-Lieutenant Pol Lapeyre
- N ° 112 1925–1927 du Maroc et Syrie
- N ° 111 1924–1926 du Rif
- N ° 110 1923-1925 du Chevalier Bayard
- N ° 109 1922-1924 de Metz et Strasbourg
- N ° 108 1921–1923 you souvenir
- N ° 107 1920–1922 de la Devise du Drapeau
- N ° 106 1920–1921 de la Dernière de la Grande Guerre
- N ° 105 1919–1921 de la Garde du Rhin
- N ° 104 1919-1920 of the Croix de Guerre
- N ° 103 1918–1920 de la Victoire
- N ° 102 1917–1918 de Sainte Odile et de La Fayette
- N ° 101
- N ° 100 1916–1917 des Drapeaux et de l'Amitié Américaine
- N ° 99 1914 de la Grande Revanche
- N ° 98 1913-1914 de la Croix du Drapeau
- N ° 97 1912-1914 de Montmirail
- N ° 96 1911–1914 of Marie-Louise
- N ° 95 1910-1913 de la Moskova
- N ° 94 Fez 1909–1912 de
- N ° 93 Mauritanie 1908-1911 de
- N ° 92 Maroc 1907-1910 du
- N ° 91 1906-1909 du Centenaire
- N ° 90 1905–1907 la Dernière du Vieux Bahut
- N ° 89 Austerlitz 1904–1906 du Centenaire d '
- N ° 88 1903-1905 de la Tour d'Auvergne
- N ° 87 Sud– Oranais 1902–1904 du
- N ° 86 Légion d'Honneur 1901–1903 du centenaire de la
- N ° 85 Tchad 1900–1902 du
- N ° 84 1899-1901 d'In Salah
- N ° 83 Marchand 1898-1900
- N ° 82 1897-1899 de Bourbakie
- N ° 81 1896–1898 la Première des Grandes Manœuvres
- N ° 80 1895-1897 de Tananarive
- N ° 79 Alexandre III 1894-1896 d '
- N ° 78 Jeanne d'Arc 1893–1895 de
- N ° 77 Siam 1892-1894 du
- N ° 76 Soudan 1891-1893 du
- N ° 75 Cronstadt 1890-1892 de
- N ° 74 Dahomé 1889-1891 du
- N ° 73 1888–1890 du Grand Triomphe
- N ° 72 Tombouctou 1887–1889 de
- N ° 71 1886–1888 de Châlons
- N ° 70 1885–1887 de l'Annam
- N ° 69 1884–1886 de Foutchéou
- N ° 68 Madagascar 1883-1885 de
- N ° 67 1882-1884 of the Noirs pavilion
- N ° 66 Egypte 1881–1883 d'
- N ° 65 1880–1882 of the Kroumir
- N ° 64 1879–1881 des Drapeaux
- N ° 63 1878-1880 des Zoulous
- N ° 62 1877–1879 de Novi-Bazar
- N ° 61 Plevna 1876–1878 de
- N ° 60 Wagram 1875–1877 Dernière de
- N ° 59 1874–1876 la Grande Promotion
- N ° 58 1873-1875 de l'Archiduc Albert
- N ° 57 1872–1874 du Shah
- N ° 56 Alsace-Lorraine 1872–1873 d'
- N ° 55 1870–1872 de la Revanche
- N ° 54 1869–1871 du 14 août 1870
- N ° 53 Sues 1868-1870 de
- N ° 52 1867-1869 de Mentana
- N ° 51 1866–1868 de Sultan
- N ° 50 1865–1867 de Vénétie
- N ° 49 1864-1866 d'Oajaca
- N ° 48 Denmark 1863–1865 du
- N ° 47 1862–1864 de Puebla
- N ° 46 Mexique 1861–1863 du
- N ° 45 1860–1862 du Céleste Empire
- N ° 44 Nice et Savoie 1859–1861 de
- N ° 43 Solférino 1858–1860 de l '
- N ° 42 1857-1859 de l'Indoustan
- N ° 41 1856-1858 de Djurjurah
- N ° 40 1857-1858 de Prince Impérial
- N ° 39 Sébastopol 1855-1856 de
- N ° 38 Crimée 1854-1856 de
- N ° 37 Turquie 1853–1855 de
- N ° 36 1852-1854 de l'Empire
- N ° 35 1851-1853 de l'Aigle
- N ° 34 1850-1852 de Kabylie
- N ° 33 Zaatcha 1849-1851 de
- N ° 32 1848-1850 de Hongrie
- N ° 31 1847–1849 de la République
- N ° 30 1846-1848 d'Italie
- N ° 29 1845-1847 d'Ibrahim
- N ° 28 1844-1846 de Djemmah
- N ° 27 1843-1845 d'Isly
- N ° 26 1842–1844 du Tremblement
- N ° 25 1841-1843 d'Orient
- N ° 24 1841–1843 de la Nécessité
- N ° 23 1840–1842 des Cendres
- N ° 22 1839-1841 de Mazagran
- N ° 21 1838–1840 de l'An Quarante
- N ° 20 1837-1839 de Constantine
- N ° 19 1836-1838 de l'Obélisque
- N ° 18 1835–1837 de la Comète
- N ° 17 1834-1836
- N ° 16 1833-1835
- N ° 15 1832-1834
- N ° 14 1831-1833
- N ° 13 1830–1832 you firmament
- N ° 12 1829-1831
- N ° 11 1828-1830
- N ° 10 1827-1829
- N ° 9 1826-1828
- N ° 8 1825-1827
- N ° 7 1824-1826
- N ° 6 1823-1825
- N ° 5 1822-1824
- N ° 4 1821-1823
- N ° 3 1820-1822
- N ° 2 1819-1821
- N ° 1 1818-1820
School partnerships
There is currently a partnership with the military secondary school (Austria).
See also
Web links
- Website of the Saint-Cyr Military School on the website of the French Ministry of Defense (French)
- Information on the school's museum (French)
- «Bienvenue aux Saint-Cyriens» - article on webjournal.ch from November 23, 2008
Individual evidence
- ↑ International exchange
- ↑ Saint-Cyr Officers School at the parade on July 14, 2013 (minute 3:50)
- ↑ derStandard.at: Photo of four German soldiers
- ↑ Partnerships
- ↑ Rudolph Chimelli: Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali Tunisia's ex-president on the run from the people. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung from 15./16. January 2011
Coordinates: 47 ° 56 '43.2 " N , 2 ° 9' 7.9" W.