Joseph-François Poeymirau
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Joseph-François Poeymirau (8 November 1869 – 22 February 1924) was a French general.
Childhood
[edit]Poeymirau was born in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques on 8 November 1869 and was the son of André Adolphe Poeymirau, a businessman, and his wife Delphine Rocacher. He studied at the Collège Stanislas de Paris, then the Military School of Saint-Cyr Coetquidan before being accepted to the War College.
French conquest of Morocco
[edit]Poeymirau commanded 30,000 men and reported initial success in his 1920 expeditions.[1]
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