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Henri Giraud
Henri Giraud was a French general who escaped from German captivity in both world wars, his escape from Königstein fortress in 1942 making him famous. After the Allied landings in North Africa he became French high commissioner and commander in Algiers, and in 1943 he co-chaired the French Committee of National Liberation with Charles de Gaulle until he was sidelined later that year.
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