Géraud Réveilhac, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French General of World War I
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Place of Birth: Aurillac, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
About Géraud Réveilhac
- Géraud François Gustave Réveilhac (16 February 1851 – 26 February 1937) was a French Général de division during World War I.
- He gained infamy for the Souain corporals affair in 1915 when four non-commissioned officers were executed as an example to other troops he commanded who had refused to attack a heavily-defended position on the Western Front.
- His actions were an inspiration for Humphrey Cobb's novel Paths of Glory; the 1957 film of the same name was made by Stanley Kubrick.
- In 1916 he was relieved of front line duty.
- He was made a commander in the French reserves until the end of the war.
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