Charles Noguès
Auguste Paul Charles Albert Noguès (Monléon-Magnoac, August 13rd 1876 - Paris, April 20th 1971) is a general French of the Second world war, commander-in-chief of the French forces of North Africa of 1939 to 1943. Wire of a farmer of the Hautes-Pyrénées, it is allowed with the Polytechnic school in 1897. Artillery officer, it achieves most of his career in North Africa, where, as of 1912, it is called with the cabinet of Hubert Lyautey. After the First World War, which it finishes with the head of an artillery regiment, it occupies various stations in the cabinet Millerand, then turns over to Africa in 1924, takes share in the countryside of the Rif and becomes director of the indigenous businesses with Rabat in 1927.
It is promoted brigadier general 2.06.1927, the then major general 29.10.1930, and the finally high one with the row and the name of lieutenant-general of army the 1.05.1933.
It is made commander of the Legion of honor the 25.09.1925.
In 1933, it becomes ordering 19ecorps with Algiers, then in 1936 takes the station of general resident to the Morocco. The row and the name of general to him are conferred the 17.03.1936. He assumes in 1939, the functions of commander-in-chief of the theater of operation of North Africa.
In June 1940, it follows the orders of the marshal Pétain and Weygand. It thus prohibits any dissidence in Morocco and, in 1942, applies the instructions of resistance to the allied unloading of the November 8th, until the conclusion three days later of the cease-fire.
Rejoined with Darlan and Giraud, which maintains it in function with Rabat, it must leave its station at the time of the arrival of De Gaulle in Algiers.
In June 1943, it resigns and is withdrawn with the Portugal.
Condemned by Contumacious to 20 years of forced labors in 1947, Charles Noguès returns in France in June 1954 and is constituted captive. Put at once in bail, it goes back to Portugal. In 1955, the government Edgar Faure benefitting from its presence, recourse to its influence to regulate the problem of the return to Morocco of the sultan Mohammed V.
Judged in Paris and condemned to national unworthiness, it is raised at once of this sorrow.
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