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Place of Birth: Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
About René Prioux
- René Jacques Adolphe Prioux (April 11, 1879 – June 16, 1953) was a general of the French Army who served in both world wars.
- A cavalry officer of great talent, Prioux rapidly rose through the officer ranks and commanded the Cavalry Corps of the First Army during the Battle of Belgium in May 1940.
- He was captured by the Germans and spent two years as a prisoner of war.
- Repatriated in 1942, Prioux came to be seen as a strong supporter of the Vichy regime and was consequently removed from a position of authority in the French Army by Charles de Gaulle, the leader of the Free French, after the landings in French north Africa by U.S.
- and British forces in November 1942.
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