Education
Ecole Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr.
Ecole Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr.
Commander of the French 6th Army Corps at the beginning of World World War II, he was taken prisoner by the Germans in 1940 and was held for the remainder of the war at the German Prisoner Of War camp at Königstein Fortress. He was awarded the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour in 1950.