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    Marie Joseph Pierre François Kœnig or Koenig (10 October 1898 – 2 September 1970) was a French general during World War II during which he commanded a...
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    Avenue des Ternes is an avenue in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, between Place des Ternes and boulevard Gouvion-Saint-Cyr. It is 920 m (0.57 mi) long and...
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    Notre-Dame-de-la-Compassion is a Roman Catholic Church located on Place du Général Koenig in the 17th arrondissement in Paris. It was originally built in...
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    Place du 11-Novembre-1918 Place du 18-Juin-1940 Place du 25-Août-1944 Place du 8 Février 1962 Place du 8 Novembre 1942 Paris Arrondissements of Paris List...
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    Bir Hakeim (category Former populated places in Libya)
    French Brigade of Général de brigade, future Maréchal de France Marie-Pierre Kœnig defended the site from 26 May – 11 June against much larger German and Italian...
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  • Laurence (2012). La Sainte-Chapelle- Palais de la Cité (in French). Éditions du Patrimoine, Centre des Monuments Nationaux. p. 6. ISBN 978-2-7577-0246-8....
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    May – 21 June 1942). The 1st Free French Brigade under Général de brigade Marie-Pierre Kœnig defended the position from 26 May – 11 June against Axis...
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    1945; Au Maroc, 1946 Paris has a Place du Général-Gouraud in the 7th arrondissement. A commemorative statue to Général Gouraud stands in a garden next...
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    the Square du Serment-de-Koufra. Two streets in Paris are named for him: Avenue du Général Leclerc in the 14th arrondissement and Rue du Maréchal Leclerc...
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    de Lattre de Tassigny (2 February 1889 – 11 January 1952) was a French général d'armée during World War II and the First Indochina War. He was posthumously...
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