About Louis Faury
Lived 1874 – 1947 (aged 72). Louis Faury was a French and Polish military officer and military personnel.
Louis Faury (21 July 1874 – 14 January 1947) was a French military commander. In the 1920s he acted as a chief of the General Staff Academy in Poland. Well known to his Polish students under nickname Papa Faury. He was made General Officer commanding the 3rd Division in 1936. From 23 August 1939 until 17 September 1939, he led the French military mission in Poland (till Soviet invasion of Poland).
He retired from the French Army later on in 1939. He was awarded as a Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour that same year.
Recommended literature
Louis Faury La Pologne Terrassée in: Revue Historique de l’Armée, IX nr 1 (1953), Paris 1953, p. 132–136.
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Who was Louis Faury?
French general (1874–1947)
When was Louis Faury born?
Louis Faury was born on 21 July 1874 in Fruges.
When did Louis Faury die?
Louis Faury died on 14 January 1947 in Paris.
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Louis Faury was a military officer and military personnel.
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Louis Faury was French and Polish.
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