Henri Guisan (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ʁi ɡizɑ̃]; 21 October 1874 – 7 April 1960) was a Swiss military officer who held the office of General of the Swiss...

Guisan may refer to: 1960 Guisan, a main-belt asteroid named after Henri Guisan Antoine Guisan, Swiss ecologist Esperanza Guisán (1940–2015), Spanish philosopher...

fortifications, the Border Line, and the Army line fortifications. General Henri Guisan developed a strategy for the defence of Switzerland that recognised its...

division and narrowly failed to achieve promotion to the Serie A in 1929. Henri Guisan acted as president between 1929 and 1939, when his position became honorary...

elects a General to command the army and air force. On 30 August 1939, Henri Guisan was elected General, with 204 votes out of 227 cast. He immediately began...

playground. The Alpenquai on the left bank – renamed General-Guisan-Quai after Henri Guisan in 1960 – was created as a terrace-like promenade for the urban...

with German SS officer Walter Schellenberg with the approval of General Henri Guisan. Schellenberg explained that a group close to Hitler wanted to invade...

point, Switzerland mobilized 850,000 soldiers. Under the leadership of Henri Guisan, Switzerland developed its National Redoubt plan in case of an invasion...

Observatory near Bern, Switzerland, and named after Swiss General Henri Guisan. Guisan orbits the Sun in the central main-belt at a distance of 2.2–2.8 AU...

and good fortune, as larger events during the war intervened. General Henri Guisan, appointed the commander-in-chief for the duration of the war ordered...