René Pailleret (February 10, 1921, Algiers - May 24, 1967, Versailles) was a French resistance fighter and a companion of the Liberation.
René Pailleret | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 10, 1921 |
| Died | May 24, 1967 (aged 46) Versailles, France |
| Alma mater | HEC Paris |
| Occupations | Companion of the Liberation |
Biography
editPailleret was a student at the Collège Stanislas in Paris and at HEC Paris. He joined Great Britain after the armistice in Polish uniform, and enlisted in the Free French Forces.
He was a member of the expeditionary force for Africa, and participated in the operations in Gabon in November 1940 with the 1st Autonomous Company of Combat Tanks of the FFL. He then joined Garoua in the region of North Cameroon.[1]
He joined General Leclerc's Force L in Tunisia with his unit in May 1943.
He was appointed to the 3rd Battalion of the RMT and, in November 1943, was entrusted with the reconnaissance and observation section of his battalion.[2]
He landed with his unit in France on July 31, 1944, took part in the fighting in Normandy, in the liberation of Paris and then in the East.
Pailleret was wounded in the Vosges on September 16, 1944, resumed his command upon his recovery, and found himself wounded on November 23, 1944, during the capture of Strasbourg. Once recovered, he took part in the last battles with his battalion.
Pailleret was assigned to the rear headquarters of the Far Eastern Expeditionary Force in Paris after the German capitulation.
Then, he was appointed officer on the staff of the senior commanding general of the French troops in the Far East in Saigon. He left the army in 1947.[3]
A graduate of ENFOM, René Pailleret joined the Shell d'Indochina company in Annam.
Bibliography
edit- La Mémoire des Français Libres - Hommes et combats, Fondation de la France Libre
- Dictionnaire des compagnons de la Libération, 2010
References
edit- ^ "René-Georges PAILLERET | L'Ordre de la Libération et son Musée". www.ordredelaliberation.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-07-24.
- ^ Pailleret René
- ^ "René Georges Pailleret - Les Français Libres". www.francaislibres.net. Retrieved 2024-07-24.