Louis Maurin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Louis Maurin

French general and minister

Date of Birth: 05-Jan-1869

Place of Birth: Cherbourg, Normandy, France

Date of Death: 06-Jun-1956

Profession: military personnel, politician

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Louis Félix Thomas Maurin (5 January 1869 – 6 June 1956) was a French army general who was twice Minister of War in the 1930s. Before and during World War I (1914–18) he was a strong advocate of motorization. In the inter-war period from 1919 to 1939 he advocated a policy of passive defense against the growing German threat. He thought that with all the money that had been spent on the Maginot Line fortifications it would be madness to go on the offensive. He saw little value in tanks as a weapon. He advised against a limited military reaction when Germany reoccupied the Rhineland in March 1936, calling for general mobilization or nothing. He did not consider that the 1936 pact with Russia would help France militarily.