Famous French military officers

Try to name these historical French military officers using the clues.

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Last updated: October 2, 2023

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Hint	Answer
This officer fought in the American War of Independence	La Fayette
General who later became Emperor of the French	Napoléon Bonaparte
This officer, commander of the Old Guard during the Battle of Waterloo, made history in part thanks to an insult he would not have actually uttered	Pierre Cambronne
The main character of the movie "The Last Samurai" was mainly based on him	Jules Brunet
This WW1 general later became leader of Vichy France	Philippe Pétain

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He served as Supreme Allied Commander during the final year of WW1	Ferdinand Foch
General who later became the first president of the Fifth French Republic	Charles de Gaulle
He was considered the latter's rival for the leadership of the French allied forces during WW2	Henri Giraud
His unit, the 2nd Armored Division, was the first to enter Paris in 1944	Philippe de Hauteclocque (Leclerc)

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