Jean Boucher de Crèvecoeur

Jean Marie Charles Boucher de Crèvecoeur (born December 17, 1906 in Pont-à-Mousson , † July 8, 1987 in Paris ) was a French général de brigade . As an officer in the colonial troops, he was a specialist in Indochina and also served in the Algerian war .

Life

Boucher de Crèvecoeur graduated from Saint-Cyr Military School in 1924 . As a result, from 1927 to 1938 he had three long-term commandos with colonial troops in French Indochina . In 1935 he was wounded in a battle against Moi partisans in Indochina. When France fell in 1940, he was wounded as a battalion commander south of Sedan . After the defeat of France, he was demobilized. He left the country after the Allies landed in North Africa and joined the Free French . In November 1943 he became chief of French troops in India, where he worked with British agencies on guerrilla operations against Japan in Southeast Asia. After the end of the war he led the reoccupation of Laos by French forces in December 1945. During the Indochina War he held several commands, including as commander of the French troops in Laos . During the war he was involved in setting up the Center d'études africaines et asiatiques in Paris . He left Indochina after the French defeat in late 1955.

In 1955 Boucher de Crèvecoeur was promoted to Général de brigade. He took part in the Algerian war. In 1986 he published a book about his work as an officer.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Christopher E. Goscha : Historical Dictionary of the Indochina War (1945-1954) - An International and Interdisciplinary Approach . NIAS Press, Copenhagen 2011, ISBN 978-87-7694-063-8 , p. 69.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Jacques Dalloz: Dictionnaire de La Guerre d'Indochine . Colin, Paris 2006, ISBN 2-200-26925-0 , p. 40.