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Apr 25, 1904 Saint Valery en Caux, Normandy, France Died on 11 Sep 1968 (aged 64)
French general
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About René Cogny
- 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.
