Marcel Bigeard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Marcel Bigeard

soldier

Date of Birth: 14-Feb-1916

Place of Birth: Toul, Grand Est, France

Date of Death: 18-Jun-2010

Profession: military personnel, politician

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Marcel "Bruno" Bigeard (14 February 1916 – 18 June 2010) was a French military officer who fought in World War II, Indochina and Algeria.
He was one of the commanders in the Battle of Dien Bien Phu and is thought by many to have been a dominating influence on French 'unconventional' warfare thinking from that time onwards.
He was one of the most decorated soldiers in France, and is particularly noteworthy because of his ascendance from a regular soldier in 1936 to ultimately finishing his career in 1976 as a Lieutenant General (Général de corps d'armée).
A former resistant, he is associated mainly with the wars in Indochina and Algeria.