biography
pronunciation:
[katroo]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1877–1969)
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| biography:
| French general and diplomat, born in Limoges, C France. He served in World War 1, was Governor-General of Indo-China (1939–40), commanded the Free French forces in Syria and the Near East (1940–1), and became Governor-General of Algeria in 1943. He was also ambassador to the Soviet Union (1945–8). |
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