Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for Michel Arnaud across 4 places, from 1915 to 1990.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Michel Arnaud (17 November 1915 – 1 August 1990) was a French Army general who distinguished himself in World War II, and for this was decorated with the Ordre de la Libération and made Grand Officier de la Légion d'honneur.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Michel Arnaud is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Michel Arnaud was documented, and when
17 November 1915exact date
Bourg-en-Bressedocumented“Son of a pharmacist, Arnaud was born on November 17, 1915, in Bourg-en-Bresse.”source: Wikidata: Q3308892 · 2 sources agree
In each of these, a source puts Michel Arnaud and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
that Michel Arnaud was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason:
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1935year
Dijonmentioned“After studying in Dijon in the Lyceum Carnot, he opted for the military career and went in 1935 to the École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr, the foremost French military academy.”source: Wikipedia: Michel Arnaud
1935year
École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyrmentioned“After studying in Dijon in the Lyceum Carnot, he opted for the military career and went in 1935 to the École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr, the foremost French military academy.”source: Wikipedia: Michel Arnaud
1940year
Faya-Largeaumentioned“Arnaud had chosen to enter in the colonial infantry, and when Charles de Gaulle issued the Appeal of June 18 in 1940 for resistance against the Axis, he was a lieutenant stationed at Faya-Largeau in Chad and attached to the Régiment de T…”source: Wikipedia: Michel Arnaud
1940year
Chadmentioned“Arnaud had chosen to enter in the colonial infantry, and when Charles de Gaulle issued the Appeal of June 18 in 1940 for resistance against the Axis, he was a lieutenant stationed at Faya-Largeau in Chad and attached to the Régiment de T…”source: Wikipedia: Michel Arnaud
8 February 1941exact date
Libyamentioned“He participated to Philippe Leclerc's offensive against Italian positions in Libya, but was badly wounded near Kufra on 8 February 1941, and sent to hospital first at Yaoundé and then at Beirut.”source: Wikipedia: Michel Arnaud
8 February 1941exact date
Kuframentioned“He participated to Philippe Leclerc's offensive against Italian positions in Libya, but was badly wounded near Kufra on 8 February 1941, and sent to hospital first at Yaoundé and then at Beirut.”source: Wikipedia: Michel Arnaud
8 February 1941exact date
Yaoundémentioned“He participated to Philippe Leclerc's offensive against Italian positions in Libya, but was badly wounded near Kufra on 8 February 1941, and sent to hospital first at Yaoundé and then at Beirut.”source: Wikipedia: Michel Arnaud
8 February 1941exact date
Beirutmentioned“He participated to Philippe Leclerc's offensive against Italian positions in Libya, but was badly wounded near Kufra on 8 February 1941, and sent to hospital first at Yaoundé and then at Beirut.”source: Wikipedia: Michel Arnaud
January 1942month
Middle Eastmentioned“In January 1942 he entered in the staff of General Georges Catroux, head of the Free French Forces in the Middle East, and was promoted Captain in June.”source: Wikipedia: Michel Arnaud
1969year
Chadmentioned“In 1969 Arnaud returned to Chad as commander of Opération Bison, a military operation that had to contain the menace represented to the Chadian government by the FROLINAT rebels; but tensions with the Chadian President brought to his rep…”source: Wikipedia: Michel Arnaud
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