- Pierre Garbay
Infobox Military Person
name=Pierre Garbay
caption=
born=4 October 1903
died=17 July 1980
placeofbirth=Gray,France
placeofdeath=Montluçon ,France
nickname=
allegiance=France
branch=French Army
serviceyears=1924-1961
rank=Général d'Armée
commands=
battles=World War II
awards=Grand Cross of the Légion d'honneur
Companion of the LiberationMédaille militaire
Croix de Guerre 1939-1945
laterwork=Pierre Garbay (4 October 1903 – 17 July 1980) was a
French Army General.Biography
Originally modest after high school, he was admitted to Saint-Cyr and leaving sub-lieutenant in 1924. Then when a distinguished military career which leads from Morocco to China.
Refusing the armistice, he plays in August 1940, an active role in rallying from Chad to France libre. Involved in the Free French Forces, he has repeatedly combat the invader according to its different assignments. In April 1945, on the orders of General de Gaulle, General Garbay takes the 1st DFL in the Alpes-Maritime, where she removed after 3 days of fierce fighting, the massive fortified the Authion, the key to any defensive system in the enemy Southern Alps.
The war ended, his military career continues Madagascar, Indochina, Dakar, Tunisia… Dakar, where he received his star Lieutenant General. In 1958, he was promoted to the rank of army general in 1959 and was appointed military governor of Paris. On 1 April 1961, he is at his request removed controls the active army and placed in the 2nd section. Died July 17, 1980 in Montluçon (Allier), it was buried in Velesmes-Echevannes in Haute-Saone.
Decorations
*Grand Cross of the
Légion d'honneur
*Companion of the Liberation (25 June 1941)
*Croix de guerre 1939-1945 (7 citations)
*Croix de guerre des Théatres d'Opérations Exterieures (2 citations)
*Croix du combattant
*Croix du combattant volontaire 1939-1945
*Médaille de la Résistance with rosette.
*Médaille coloniale with agrafes « Maroc 1925 », « AFL », « Erythrée », « Libye », « Tunisie »
*Médaille commémorative des services volontaires dans la France libre
*Distinguished Service Cross (US)
*Distinguished Service Order (UK)
*Commander of British empire (UK)
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