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.
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Brazilian military exercises with French instructors in Belo Horizonte, 1931. Huntziger is fourth from the left.
Positions and plans of the Allied and German armies on the eve of battle, May 1940
Front line situation between 14 - 16 May. See Huntziger's Second Army, centre bottom.
French delegation outside the Compiègne Wagon. Huntziger is second from the right
Huntziger signing the armistice on behalf of France
The French and Italian delegations in Rome. Huntziger is middle row, third from the left.
Huntziger (third from the right) at the Armistice Commission in WiesbadenAwards 3
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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. He also headed the French delegations to the Franco-German and Franco-Italian armistice negotiations in June 1940, signing them on behalf of France.
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Lived 1880 to 1941 · aged 61
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