Roger Blaizot
Roger Charles André Henri Blaizot ( May 17, 1891 - March 21, 1981 ) was a French Général de corps d'armée .
career
Blaizot pursued a career as an officer in the colonial troops. In 1919 his first stay in the Far East began. At the beginning of the Second World War he was regimental commander of the 4e régiment de tirailleurs sénégalais . During the fall of France in 1940, he commanded the 2nd division d'infanterie coloniale .
In 1943 Blaizot was the commander of the Free French Military Mission in British India . From 1944 to 1945 he served as a liaison officer to the British Southeast Asia Command. From May 1948 to September 1949 he served as Commander-in-Chief in Indochina.
As the commander of Indochina, Blaizot formulated a plan that provided for the abandonment of many bases on the Chinese border as well as a concentration of French forces on the densely populated Delta Tonkins. Several advanced operational bases around the delta should enable attacks on the hinterland of the Viet Minh. The plan could only be partially implemented due to political resistance.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christopher E. Goscha : Historical Dictionary of the Indochina War (1945-1954) - An International and Interdisciplinary Approach. Copenhagen 2011, p. 63f
- ^ Charles R. Shrader: A War of Logistics - Parachutes and Porters in Indochina 1945-1954. Lexington, 2015, pp. 192f
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Blaizot, Roger |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Blaizot, Roger Charles André Henri (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French army officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 17, 1891 |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 21, 1981 |