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Alfred Montagne

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Alfred-Marie-Joseph-Louis Montagne
Born(1881-06-20)June 20, 1881
Pézenas, France
DiedFebruary 26, 1963(1963-02-26) (aged 81)
Montpellier, France
Allegiance France
Service / branch French Army
RankLieutenant General
Commands25th Motorized Division
12th Army Corps
15th Army Corps
14th Military Division
Battles / warsFirst World War
Second World War
AwardsLegion of Honour
Croix de Guerre

Alfred-Marie-Joseph-Louis Montagne (20 June 1881 – 26 February 1963)[1] was a French general who commanded the 15th Army Corps during the Battle of France (1940). He was responsible for the defence of Menton during the Italian invasion. He published a recollection of the war, La bataille pour Nice et la Provence (Montpellier: Éditions des Arceaux), in 1952.[2]

Montagne was born at Pézenas. In the First World War he was wounded and cited in dispatches five times. He received the Légion d'honneur and the Croix de Guerre.[1] He replaced General Henri Dentz at the head of the 15th Army Corps in 1939. Like his superior, René Olry, he was an artillery officer by training. His knowledge of the terrain of the Maritime Alps was exquisite.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Temerson, Henri (1968). Biographies des principales personnalités françaises décédées au cours de l'année 1963. pp. 208–09.
  2. ^ Panicacci, Jean-Louis (1981). "Menton et les Mentonnais de 1939 à 1945" (PDF). Recherches Régionales, Archives Départementales des Alpes-Maritimes. 1: 7–9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-11-08. Retrieved 2015-03-02.
  3. ^ Plan, Étienne; Lefèvre, Éric (1982). La bataille des Alpes, 10–25 juin 1940: L'armée invaincue. C.-Lavauzelle. p. 99.