Louis-Alexandre Audibert

Louis-Alexandre Audibert (1874-1955) was a French, general officer of cavalry, person in charge of the French interior Résistance, person in charge of the Western area of the Secret Armée, appointed.

Louis-Alexandre Audibert, raises with the military special School of Saint-Cyr military school combat during the First World War with the rank of major (1915). He is member of the staff of Foch. Wounded in March 1918, it receives a mention in dispatches.

It will become follows after professor with the University of war, where it will have in particular as a pupil the American general George Patton, then general ordering the the 3rd division of cavalry in Paris. Admitted with the retirement, the Audibert General settles close to Nantes. The Audibert general then takes part in the Parti social French the colonel François of Rocque. At the beginning of the Second world war, it finds head of the division of reserve of Nantes.

In May 1943, whereas it is 69 years old, the Secret Armée requires of him to take the command of departmental Resistance. It becomes responsible for the Secret Army for the Breton departments then including the Loire-Inférieure (today Loire-Atlantique), the the Vendée, the Maine-et-Loire, the Mayenne and the Indre-et-Loire. It takes part in the installation of the civil Organization and soldier (OCM) of the Brittany and works with the unification of the resistance movements.

The Audibert general is stopped by the Gestapo on March 17th, 1944 in a house of the monastery of Augustines with Malestroit. He is released by the American army of the general George Patton.

Elected official appointed PRL of the Loire-Inférieure on October 21st, 1945, the Audibert general gives up the policy as of on June 10th, 1946 to take his retirement. (Last sources supplemented by its back little girl.)

Decorations

  • Grand Cross and member of the Legion of Honor,
  • Officer of Academy,
  • French Military Cross and Belgian 14/18 with palms and 1939-1945
  • Commander of the Order of Léopold (Belgium)
  • Medal of Wounded and other decorations

A street bears its name to Rennes. A bridge on the the Loire bears its name.

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