How to Pronounce Jules Bastin (soldier)
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Sep 29, 1889 Roux, Wallonia, Belgium Died on 01 Dec 1944 (aged 55)
Belgian army officer
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About Jules Bastin Soldier
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- Bastin (March 23, 1889 - December 1, 1944) was an officer in the Belgian army during World War I and a resistance fighter in World War II. During World War I, Bastin fought as in lieutenant in the Belgian 1ier régiment de Chasseurs à cheval.
- He became heavily wounded on 16 August 1914 and was captured by the Germans.
- He became famous during his captivity for repeated escape attempts.
- He eventually succeeded on his tenth try. At the beginning of World War II, he held the rank of colonel and served as Chief of Staff of the Belgian Cavalry Corps.
- After the invasion of Belgium by the Germans in 1940 he fled to France and joined the underground movement by taking command of the Belgian Legion.
- The Belgian government based in London made him the commander of all their underground military forces on December 30, 1942.
- He was arrested twice, first in April 1943 and later in November 1943.
- After his arrest in November he was sent to the Gross-Rosen concentration camp where he died on December 1, 1944.
- The Belgian government promoted him to the rank of major general posthumously in August 1946.
