André Beaufre
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André Beaufre in 1972 being interviewed in the The World at War
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| Born | 25 January 1902 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France |
| Died | 13 February 1975 (aged 73) Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
| Allegiance |
 France
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| Service/branch | French Army |
| Years of service | 1921-1961 |
| Rank | Général d'Armée |
| Battles/wars |
First Indochina War Suez Crisis Algerian War |
André Beaufre (25 January 1902 – 13 February 1975) was a French general. Beaufre ended World War II with the rank of colonel, well known in the English-speaking world as a military strategist and as an exponent of an independent French nuclear force.
Beaufre was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine. In 1921 he entered the military academy at École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr, where he met the future French president Charles de Gaulle, who was an instructor. In 1925 he saw action in Morocco against the Rif, who opposed French rule. Beaufre then studied at the École Supérieure de Guerre and at the École Libre des Sciences Politiques and was subsequently assigned to the French army's general staff.
Beaufre also commanded the French forces in the 1956 Suez War campaign against Egypt in 1956.
Beaufre later became chief of the general staff of the Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers in Europe in 1958. He was serving as chief French representative to the permanent group of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) in Washington in 1960 when he was named général d'armée. He retired for health reasons a year later.
He died in 1975 whilst engaged in a series of lectures in Yugoslavia.
While serving as permanent secretary of national defence in Algeria in 1940–41 during World War II, he was arrested by the French Vichy regime, and after his release in 1942 he served in the Free French Army on several fronts until the end of the war in 1945.
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