WEYGAND, MAXIME

mäksēmˈ vāgäNˈ, 1867–1965, French general, b. Belgium. A career army officer, he was (1914–23) chief of staff to Marshal Foch, and in 1920 he directed the defense of Warsaw against the Soviet army and turned the tide of the Russo-Polish War in favor of Poland. Weygand subsequently served France as high commissioner in Syria (1923–24), chief of the general staff, and commander in the Middle East (1939–40). In World War II he replaced (May, 1940) General Gamelin as supreme Allied commander, but he could not avert the fall of France. After the Franco-German armistice (June), Weygand served in the Vichy government as minister of defense, delegate general to French Africa, and governor-general of Algeria. Dismissed (1941) as delegate general and arrested (1942) as a hostage for Gen. Henri Giraud (who had gone over to the Allies), Weygand was held by the Germans until 1945. After his return to France he was accused of collaboration with Germany, but was exonerated in 1948.

See his memoirs, Recalled to Service (tr. 1952); study by P. C. F. Bankwitz (1967).

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1.
Historical Dictionary of the Third French Republic, 1870-1940 - Vol. 2
Book by Patrick H. Hutton, Amanda S. Bourque, Amy J. Staples; Greenwood Press, 1986
Subjects: France--History--Third Republic, 1870-1940--Dictionaries
...THOUGHT AND INTELLECTUAL LIFE. WEYGAND, MAXIME DE NIMAL 1867-1965 , military...accountant of Cohen, Francois- Joseph Weygand. Maxime thus acquired a new name as well...a cavalry regiment. Although Weygand did not obtain a brevet from the...
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Biographical Dictionary of World War II
Book by Mark M. Boatner III; Presidio Press, 1996
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--Biography--Dictionaries
...West London: Cassell, 1952 . WEYGAND, Maxime. French general. 1867- 1965...the post that went to GIRAUD , Weygand was known to his detractors as...Born 21 Jan 67 in Brussels, Weygand is widely believed to have been...
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Who's Who in Twentieth Century Warfare
Book by Spencer C. Tucker; Routledge, 2001
Subjects: Military Art And Science--History--20th Century, Military Biography--Dictionaries, Military History, Modern--20th Century--Biography--Dictionaries
...retired as a full general in October 1976. Weygand, Maxime (1867-1965) French general. Weygand graduated from St. Cyr (1885). He distinguished...the newly formed Ninth Army on the Marne. Weygand spent the entire war working as Fochs deputy...
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Who's Who in World War One
Book by J. M. Bourne; Routledge, 2001
Subjects: Admirals--Biography, Generals--Biography, Heads Of State--Biography, World War, 1914-1918--Biography
...them, an ultimately ruinous combination. Weygand, Maxime (1867-1965) French staff officer. Weygand spent the entire war two steps behind Ferdinand...into clear, precise and practical orders. Weygand, cest moi, Foch famously declared. It...
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World War II in Europe, Africa, and the Americas, with General Sources: A Handbook of Literature and Research
Book by Loyd E. Lee, Robin Higham; Greenwood Press, 1997
Subjects: History, Modern--1945---Historiography, World War, 1939-1945--Historiography
...York: Praeger, 1964; Novato, CA: Presidio, 1991. Weygand Maxime. Recalled to Service: The Memoirs of Maxime Weygand. Trans. E. W. Dickes . London: Heinemann; Garden...
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journal articles on: Weygand Maxime  - 3 results

 
 
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The French Light Armored Division: the Legacy of the Division Legere Macanique
Journal article by Raymond E. Bell Jr.; Military Review, Vol. 79, 1999
Subjects: Armed forces, France, Military history
...The DLMs cavalry mentors, foremost among them General Maxime Weygand, chief of the French General Staff, 1930 to 1931...the same time, following a suggestion by Flavigny, Weygand sought to organize a division that meshed the traditional...
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The Myth of Air Control: Reassessing the History
Journal article by James S. Corum; Aerospace Power Journal, Vol. 14, 2000
Subjects: Air Force-US, Armed forces, Military history, Military strategy, United Kingdom, United States
...DH-9s played in British colonial operations. Gen Maxime Weygand, commander of the garrison in Syria, argued that airpower...so that he could withdraw ground troops.42 In 1924 Weygand issued directives to his air units that closely resembled...
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La Croix and the Swastika: the Ambiguities of Catholic Responses to the Fall of France
Journal article by Richard Francis Crane; The Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 90, 2004
Subjects: Catholicism, Faith, France, Nazi era, Politics, War
...September Limagne reflected in his journal that "HITLER HAS LOST HOPE OF CONQUERING ALBION."27 Back in June "General Maxime Weygand and so many others" had predicted a British defeat within three weeks; the island nation had now held out against...


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The Changing Image of Vichy in France
Magazine article by Barnett Singer; Contemporary Review, Vol. 291, Summer 2009
Subjects: France--Political aspects, France--Social aspects, Vichy regime--Social aspects
...historiographical field with a biography of Maxime Weygand, published in 2008, including...nos jours of that year. Again, Weygand figures strongly here, including...Ontario, Canada. His book, Maxime Weygand: A Biography of the French General...
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The Man Who Said 'Non': Exiled in London in June 1940, with France on the Brink of Defeat, Charles De Gaulle Broadcast a Speech That Was to Create an Enduring Bond between Him and His Country
Magazine article by Jonathan Fenby; History Today, Vol. 60, June 2010
Subjects: French history, Gaulle, Charles de--Political activity, Gaulle, Charles de--Speeches, lectures and essays, Generals--Political activity, Generals--Speeches, lectures and essays
...and the Commander-in-Chief, Maxime Weygand, somewhat less ancient at 73...called him vain and ungrateful, Weygand dismissed him as a child, while...see the former prime minister. Weygand intended to arrest him, de Gaulle...
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Death of a Great French General: Marcel Bigeard
Magazine article by Barnett Singer; Contemporary Review, Vol. 292, Autumn 2010
Subjects: Bigeard, Marcel, Generals
...Force: Makers and Defenders of the French Colonial Empire (The University of Wisconsin Press), he is the author of Maxime Weygand: A Biography of the French General in Two World Wars (Jefferson, N.C., McFarland). For a review of the book...
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Algerie Francaise and Its Lessons for Today
Magazine article by Barnett Singer; Contemporary Review, Vol. 291, Winter 2009
Subjects: Algerian War, 1954-1962, Algerian history, International relations, War victims--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
...Cultured Force: Makers and Defenders of the French Colonial Empire (2004), co-written with John Langdon, and Maxime Weygand: a Biography of the French General in Two World Wars (2008).
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American 'Culture'-And Its Influence
Magazine article by Barnett Singer; Contemporary Review, Vol. 290, Autumn 2008
Subjects: American culture--Analysis, American culture--Influence, Nostalgia--Analysis, Nostalgia--Influence, Paranoia--Analysis, Paranoia--Influence
...the author of several books on French themes ranging from a biography of Brigitte Bardot to his most recent work, Maxime Weygand: A Biography of the French General in Two World Wars, published 15 July 2008.


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newspaper articles on: Weygand Maxime  - 2 results

 
 
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HEROISM, ACTUALLY; It's the One Film Hugh Grant Longs to Make - How His Grandfather Defied Orders and Carried on Fighting after Dunkirk. but for Some, It Will Stir Up Deeply Shameful Memories
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), December 23, 2009
Subjects: Actors--Military aspects, Actresses--Military aspects
...arms raised. It felt like a betrayal. French General Maxime Weygand had earlier declared: Every man must stand and fight...white flag up a church steeple, on the instructions of Weygand. The Highland Divisions commander, Major-General...
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HEROISM, ACTUALLY; It's the One Film Hugh Grant Longs to Make - How His Grandfather Defied Orders and Carried on Fighting after Dunkirk. but for Some, It Will Stir Up Deeply Shameful Memories
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), December 23, 2009
Subjects: Actors--Military aspects, Actresses--Military aspects
...arms raised. It felt like a betrayal. French General Maxime Weygand had earlier declared: Every man must stand and fight...white flag up a church steeple, on the instructions of Weygand. The Highland Divisions commander, Major-General...


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encyclopedia articles on: Weygand Maxime  - 3 results

 
 
1.
Weygand, Maxime
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
WEYGAND, MAXIME maksem vagaN , 1867 1965, French general...Russo-Polish War in favor of Poland. Weygand subsequently served France as high commissioner...the Franco-German armistice (June), Weygand served in the Vichy government as minister...
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Gamelin, Maurice Gustave
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...and on passive warfare. In May, 1940, Germany began to overrun France; on May 19, Gamelin was replaced by Gen. Maxime Weygand. Arrested by the Vichy government, Gamelin was a defendant at the abortive trial at Riom . He was freed from imprisonment...
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Warsaw
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...proclaimed capital of the restored Polish state. In 1920 the Polish defense of Warsaw, led by the French general Maxime Weygand, turned the tide of the Russo-Polish War. The city was the scene in 1926 of a military coup that established Marshal...


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