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Weygand is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Conrad Weygand (1890–1945), German chemist
  • Maxime Weygand (1867–1965), French military commander
  • Robert Weygand (born 1948), American politician
  • Zina Weygand (born 1945), French historian

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Maxime Weygand

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Maxime Weygand (French pronunciation: [vɛɡɑ̃]; 21 January 1867 – 28 January 1965) was a French military commander in World War I and World War II, as...

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Weygand

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Weygand is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Conrad Weygand (1890–1945), German chemist Maxime Weygand (1867–1965), French military commander...

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Robert Weygand

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Party from Rhode Island. Weygand was born in Attleboro, Massachusetts, to Charles E. Weygand and Lillian M. (Kingsley) Weygand. He attended St. Raphael...

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Conrad Weygand

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Conrad Weygand (8 November 1890 – 18 April 1945) was Professor of Chemistry at the University of Leipzig. In 1938 he put forward a method for the classification...

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Zina Weygand

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Zina Weygand (born April 23 1945) is a French historian and emeritus researcher at the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers. She obtained her PhD...

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Rue Weygand

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Rue Weygand is a street in Beirut's Central Business District. Originally, the street was named Rue Nouvelle as it was a new thoroughfare constructed...

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Hannelore Weygand

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Hannelore Weygand (30 October 1924 – 18 December 2017) was a German equestrian, born in Düsseldorf. She competed in equestrian at the 1956 Summer Olympics...

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Battle of France

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Maxime Weygand, who claimed his first mission as Commander-in-Chief would be to get a good night's sleep. Gamelin's orders were cancelled and Weygand took...

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Interallied Mission to Poland

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members included French diplomat, Jean Jules Jusserand, general Maxime Weygand, chief of staff to Marshal Ferdinand Foch (the Supreme Commander of the...

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Fall Rot

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from Dunkirk, which cost the Allies 61 divisions. French commander Maxime Weygand was faced with the prospect of defending a 965 km (600 mi) front from Sedan...

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Paul Reynaud

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was sent to speak to General Weygand (who was waiting outside, as he was not a member of the Cabinet).: 325–327  Weygand persuaded him that this would...

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French Military Mission to Poland

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government. They included French diplomat, Jean Jules Jusserand, Maxime Weygand, chief of staff to Marshal Ferdinand Foch (the Supreme Commander of the...

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2000 United States Senate election in Rhode Island

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Representative Bob Weygand. As of 2024[update], this was the last congressional election in Rhode Island to be won by a Republican. Robert Weygand, U.S. Representative...

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Paul Baudouin

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morning of 24 May when General Weygand reported to Reynaud and Pétain that "the situation is very grave". On 26 May Weygand told Baudouin that he "wished...

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Vichy France

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particularly Vice-Premier Philippe Pétain and Commander-in-Chief General Maxime Weygand, insisted that the responsibility of the government was to remain in France...

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Charles de Gaulle

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commander-in-chief Maxime Weygand, who congratulated him on saving France's honour and asked for his advice. On 2 June he sent a memo to Weygand vainly urging that...

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Battle of Britain

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Minister Winston Churchill to the House of Commons on 18 June: "What General Weygand called the 'Battle of France' is over. I expect that the Battle of Britain...

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Armistice of 22 June 1940

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Philippe Pétain, and the commander-in-chief of the French Army General Weygand, Reynaud resigned on 16 June. Pétain became Prime Minister. While French...

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Precipitation

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Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-02-05. Retrieved 2008-12-31. Daniel Weygand (2008). "Optimizing Output From QPF Helper" (PDF). National Weather Service...

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Battle of Dunkirk

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Kingdom  Belgium  Canada  Netherlands  Germany Commanders and leaders Maxime Weygand Georges Blanchard René Prioux J.-M. Charles Abrial Lord Gort Gerd von Rundstedt...

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French Third Republic

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corrupt opportunist even willing to do a deal with the Nazis; Marshal Maxime Weygand as a reactionary soldier more interested in destroying the Third Republic...

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Alphonse Joseph Georges

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Georges had a long recovery but was expected to succeed General Maxime Weygand as head of the French Army in 1935. The Prime Minister, however, thought...

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Ferdinand Foch

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newly formed Ninth Army during the First Battle of the Marne with Maxime Weygand as his chief of staff. Only a week after taking command, with the whole...

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France during World War II

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1939, there was almost no fighting, and no bombs were dropped. Maxime Weygand, commander-in-chief; little military activity between the defeat of Poland...

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Winston Churchill

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of his most famous speeches, ending with this peroration: What General Weygand called the "Battle of France" is over. I expect that the Battle of Britain...

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Maurice Gamelin

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March. The 67-year-old Gamelin was replaced by the 73-year-old Maxime Weygand, who crucially delayed planned counter-attacks before eventually launching...

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