Co-chairman of the French Committee of National Liberation (with Charles de Gaulle)
In office 3 June 1943 – 9 November 1943
Preceded by
Position created
Succeeded by
Position abolished
Civilian and military commander-in-chief for French North Africa and French West Africa
In office 26 December 1942 – 3 June 1943
Preceded by
François Darlan (as High-Commissioner)
Succeeded by
Position abolished
Member of the Constituent Assembly from Moselle
In office 11 June 1946 – 27 November 1946
Personal details
Born
Henri Honoré Giraud
18 January 1879 (1879-01-18) Paris, France
Died
11 March 1949(1949-03-11) (aged 70) Dijon, France
Political party
PRL
Awards
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor
Military service
Allegiance
French Third Republic Free France
Branch/service
French Army
Years of service
1900–1944
Rank
Général d'Armée
Battles/wars
World War I
Rif War
World War II
German invasion of the Netherlands
Battle of Breda
Battle of Sedan (1940) (POW)
Henri Honoré Giraud (18 January 1879 – 11 March 1949) was a French military officer who was a leader of the Free French Forces during the Second World War until he was forced to retire in 1944.[1]
Born to an Alsatian family in Paris, Giraud graduated from the Saint-Cyr military academy and served in French North Africa. He was wounded and captured by the Germans during the First World War, but managed to escape from his prisoner-of-war camp. During the interwar period, Giraud returned to North Africa and fought in the Rif War, for which he was awarded the Légion d'honneur.
Early in the Second World War, Giraud fought in the Netherlands. In May 1940, he was again captured by the Germans, but made another successful escape from captivity in April 1942 after two years of careful planning. From within Vichy France he worked with the Allies in secret, and assumed command of French troops in North Africa after Operation Torch (November 1942) following the assassination of François Darlan. In January 1943, he took part in the Casablanca Conference along with Charles de Gaulle, Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Later in the same year, Giraud and de Gaulle became co-presidents of the French Committee of National Liberation, but he lost support and retired in frustration in April 1944.
After the war, Giraud was elected to the Constituent Assembly of the French Fourth Republic. He died in Dijon in 1949.
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