Marcel Bigeard
Acting 1 Movies 2 TV Shows
Born
February 14, 1926
Died
June 18, 2010
Place of Birth
Toul, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
Biography
Marcel Bigeard (February 14, 1916 – June 18, 2010), personal radio call-sign "Bruno", was a French military officer and politician who fought in World War II, the First Indochina War and the Algerian War. He was one of the commanders in the Battle of Dien Bien Phu and is thought by many to have been a dominating influence on French "unconventional" warfare thinking from that time onwards. He was …
