History and chronology of Jacques Philippe Leclerc in France

General

Military
World War, 2nd

Events

Arrest
Birth
Campaign Triploli
Capture Kufra
Capture Paris
Capture Versailles
Death
Education
Exile
Siege Kufra
Surrender

Places

Belloy Saint
Colomb B‚char
Kufra
Paris
St Cyr
Triploli
Versailles

Jacques Philippe Leclerc History of France


1902	Birth
22nd Nov Belloy Saint Birth of Jacques Philippe Leclerc
1924	Education
St Cyr Graduates from St-Cyr
1940	Arrest
Arrested by by the Germans & escapes
1940	Exile of Leclerc
May Deserts & joins de Gaulle in England rather than surrender
1941	Capture of Kufra
Jan Kufra Leads the Free French & captures Kufra Libya
1941	Siege of Kufra
Jan Kufra Leads the Free French & captures Kufra Libya
1943	Campaign Triploli
25th Jan Triploli Marches 1,500 miles & joins up with Montgomery's 8th Army
1944	Capture of Paris
22nd Aug Paris Ordered to advance on Paris at the head of the 2nd French Armoured Division
23rd Aug Paris A plane drops a message from Leclerc over saying "Tenez bon, nous arrivons"
23rd Aug Paris Begins his attack on Paris
25th Aug Paris Enters Paris after breaking down German resistance
25th Aug Paris Secures a surrender from the German Commander Cholitz
1944	Capture of Versailles
24th Aug Versailles Captures Versailles en-route to Paris
1944	Surrender
25th Aug Paris Recieves the formal surrender of Paris
1947	Death
Colomb B‚char Death of Jacques Philippe Leclerc, killed in an aircrash