About Eugène Marie Louis Bridoux
Lived 1888 – 1955 (aged 66). Eugène Marie Louis Bridoux was a French military personnel and politician.
Eugène Bridoux (; June 24, 1888 – 6 June 1955) was a French general. He served as Secretary of State for War, later Secretary of State for Defence, under Vichy France during World War II.
Early life Eugène Bridoux was born on 24 June 1888 in Doulon, now a suburb of Nantes, France. He graduated from the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr. and as Secretary of State for Defence from 1943 to 1944, under Prime Minister Pierre Laval during Vichy France. He was jailed at the Val-de-Grâce, but he escaped in 1947, settling in Francoist Spain. He was sentenced to death in absentia and dégradation nationale on 18 December 1948.
Death Bridoux died in 1955 in Madrid, Spain.
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French soldier (1888–1955)
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Eugène Marie Louis Bridoux was born on 24 June 1888 in Doulon.
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Eugène Marie Louis Bridoux died on 6 June 1955 in Madrid.
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