# René Cogny

> René Cogny was a French Général de corps d'armée, World War II and French Resistance veteran and survivor of Buchenwald and Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camps. He was a commander of the French forces in Tonkin during the First Indochina War, and notably during the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. His post-war private and legal conflict with superior General Henri Navarre became a public controversy. Known to his men as Le General Vitesse, and reputable for his military pomp, physical presence and skill with the press, Cogny was killed in the 1968 Ajaccio-Nice Caravelle crash in the Mediterranean near Nice.

*French general (1904–1968)*

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## Identity
- **Country:** France
- **Born:** 1904-04-25
- **Died:** 1968-09-11
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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- **Profile completeness:** 50.0 / 100

## Sources
- [René Cogny](https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Cogny)
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- [René Cogny](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Cogny)
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- [René Cogny](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Cogny)
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- [René Cogny](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Cogny)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3426023)

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