Charles Huntziger
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Charles Léon Clément Huntziger was a French Army general best known for his role in the Battle of Sedan in May 1940 and as Minister of War of Vichy France until his death in a plane accident in 1941.
General Huntziger in 1941
Brazilian military exercises with French instructors in Belo Horizonte, 1931. Huntziger is fourth from the left.
Huntziger signing the armistice on behalf of France
The French and Italian delegations in Rome. Huntziger is middle row, third from the left.
Vichy France
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Vichy France, also known as the Pétainist regime and Pétainist France, officially the French State, was a French rump state headed by Marshal Philippe Pétain during World War II, established as a resu
Charles Huntziger
…25 June 1880 – 12 November 1941) was a French Army general best known for his role in the Battle of Sedan in May 1940 and as Minister of War of Vichy France until his death in a plane accident in 1941. He also headed the French delegations to the Franco-German and Franco-Italian armistice negotiations in…
Propaganda poster for the Vichy Regime's Révolution nationale program, 1942
Members of the Milice performing the Roman salute, 1943
French prisoners of war are marched off under German guard, 1940
Pétain meeting Hitler in October 1940