Laurent Touyeras, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French General in Second World War
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Place of Birth: Sainte-Sigolène, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
About Laurent Touyeras
- Captain Laurent Touyeras ((1910-11-10)10 November 1910 in Sainte-Sigolène, Haute-Loire – (1980-08-14)14 August 1980 in Tarbes, Hautes-Pyrénées) was a French artillery captain in the Maginot Line during the Second World War. He was taken prisoner by the Germans in 1940.
- Later he was in General Philippe Leclerc's 2nd Armoured Division.
- There are claims that on 5 May 1945, he was the first to arrive at Hitler's Berghof in the Obersalzberg and accepted the surrender of its guards.
- Touyeras hoisted the French flag over Hitler's "Eagle's Nest" (Kehlsteinhaus).
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