André Zeller

André Zeller (1 January 1898 – 18 September 1979) was a French Army general. He was one of the four generals (the others being Raoul Salan, Edmond Jouhaud, and Maurice Challe) who organized the Algiers putsch of 1961.[1]

André Zeller
Born1 January 1898
Besançon, France
Died18 September 1979(1979-09-18) (aged 81)
Paris, France
AllegianceFrance
Service/branchFrench Army
Years of service1915–1959
RankGénéral d’Armée
Battles/warsWorld War I
World War II
Algerian War
Algiers putsch of 1961

Decorations
  • Grand Officer of the Légion d'honneur
  • Croix de guerre 1914-1918
  • Croix de guerre 1939-1945
  • Croix de guerre des Théatres d'Opérations Extérieures
  • Croix de la Valeur Militaire

Works
  • Dialogues avec un lieutenant (Eng: Dialogues with a lieutenant) (Editions Plon, 1971)
  • Dialogues avec un colonel (Eng: Dialogues with a colonel) (Editions Plon, 1972)
  • Dialogues avec un général (Eng: Dialogues with a general) (Editions des Presses de la Cité, 1974)
  • Les Hommes de la Commune (Eng: The Men of the Commune) (Librairie Académique Perrin, 1969)
  • Soldats perdus (Eng: Lost soldiers) (Librairie Académique Perrin, 1977)
gollark: It's not very dumb. It's a business-strategy thing.
gollark: https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Amazon_Fire_7_2019_(amazon-mustang)
gollark: postmarketOS apparently exists but is missing lots of features.
gollark: Very well.
gollark: GNU/Linux will *not* work.

References
  1. "André Zeller (1898-1979)". Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.