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Alphonse Pierre Juin [b] (16 December 1888 – 27 January 1967 [1]) was a senior French Army general who became Marshal of France. A graduate of the École Spéciale Militaire class of 1912, he served in Morocco in 1914 in command of native troops. Upon the outbreak of the First World War, he was sent to the Western Front in France, where he ...
- Pierre Juin
- 1912 – 1962
- French
- Army general
Mar 18, 2024 · Alphonse Juin (born Dec. 16, 1888, Bône, Algeria—died Jan. 27, 1967, Paris, France) was an officer of the French army who became a leading Free French commander in World War II. The son of a policeman in Algeria, Juin was educated at the military academy of Saint-Cyr and, during World War I, served as captain with Moroccan forces and later ...
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1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1967th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 967th year of the 2nd millennium, the 67th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1960s decade.
v. t. e. Beginning in May 1968, a period of civil unrest occurred throughout France, lasting seven weeks and punctuated by demonstrations, general strikes, and the occupation of universities and factories. At the height of events, which have since become known as May 68 ( French: Mai 68 ), the economy of France came to a halt. [2]
- 1,000+ (only 25 May)
- France
- 2 May – 23 June 1968, (1 month and 3 weeks)
- Snap legislative election
June 8, 1967 (Thursday) USS Liberty. Thirty-four U.S. Navy sailors aboard the spy ship USS Liberty were killed, and 171 wounded, when the vessel was strafed by Israeli jet fighters and then torpedoed by Israeli gunboats while in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea about 15 miles from the Sinai peninsula.
Maréchal Juin. Source : ECPAD. Alphonse Juin, son of a gendarme, was born in Bône, Algeria, on 16 December 1888. After his studies in Constantine and later in Algiers, he was admitted to Saint-Cyr in 1909. He graduated at the head of his class –the "de Fès" class, in 1912 – the same year as Charles de Gaulle.
