Germain Jousse
Germain Jousse | |
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| Born | November 20, 1895 Coulaines, France |
| Died | March 21, 1988 (aged 92) Monblanc, France |
| Allegiance | France Vichy France Free France |
| Service | French Army |
| Years of service | 1914–1955, 1961-1962 |
| Rank | Général de corps d'armée |
| Battles / wars | World War I World War II |
| Awards | Grand Cross of the Légion of Honor Compagnon de la Libération Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 Order of the British Empire Legion of Merit |
Moïse Germain Louis Jousse (November 20, 1895, in Coulaines - March 21, 1988, in Monblanc), was a highly decorated officer in the French Army with the rank of Général de corps d'armée and a member of the French Resistance during World War II.
He refused to accept the defeat of France in 1940, he secretly took part in the establishment of a plan of allied intervention in North Africa while serving as staff officer of Vichy Army in Algiers. Jousse joined the Free French Army in November 1942 and held various staff positions in Charles de Gaulle's Army until the end of War.
Following the War, Jousse remained in the Army, served in various high command capacities and retired in 1955 as Général de corps d'armée (rough equivalent to three star lieutenant general). He was then recalled to active duty following a Algiers putsch of 1961 and served as Member of the Supreme Military Tribunal.