René Cogny, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

René Cogny

French general

Date of Birth: 25-Apr-1904

Place of Birth: Saint-Valery-en-Caux, Normandy, France

Date of Death: 11-Sep-1968

Profession: military personnel, French Resistance fighter

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

René Cogny (25 April 1904, Saint-Valery-en-Caux – 11 September 1968) was a French Général de division, 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 (northern Vietnam) 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 (General Hurry-Up), and reputable for his military pomp, physical presence and skill with the press, Cogny was killed when Air France Flight 1611 crashed in the Mediterranean near Nice.