1909, Juan was admitted to the famous French military academy St. Cyril, ranking seventh among 400 candidates. 1 965438+In June 2002, Zhu An left Saint-Cyr and was assigned to Algerian1Infantry Regiment. At this time, the regiment was on a combat mission in Morocco, where Zhu An, who had just arrived, was baptized by the fire for the first time.
19 14. After the outbreak of World War I, Juan was transferred to France in August of the same year as a lieutenant platoon leader. On September 5th, Zhu An's brigade went to the front. In the battle, Zhu An led his troops to fight bravely, not afraid of sacrifice. 16, Zhu An's left hand was injured by shrapnel, for which Zhu An was awarded the Medal of Honor. 1965438+In May 2005, Zhu An was injured again in the battle. This time it was more serious than last time, so he had to be admitted to Bordeaux Hospital.
19 19 10, Zhu An went to study in the Higher Staff College. 192 1 After receiving the diploma, he served in Tunisia and Moroccan army successively. 1925, when the French army suppressed the people's uprising in Rif, Morocco, the local French army commander General Nogai appointed Zhu An as the chief of staff.
1927, Zhu An returned to the former Algiers Infantry Regiment as the battalion commander. 1in July, 932, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. From 1933 to 10, Zhu An was transferred to the French Higher Military Academy as a tactical instructor. Zhu An went to Algeria again and led the 3rd Infantry Regiment of Juaf in Constantine. 1937 On March 10, General Nogai, commander of the North African theater, transferred Zhu An to his side as the chief of staff. 1938 65438+On February 26th, Zhu An was promoted to brigadier general.
After the full-scale outbreak of World War II. France declared a state of war with Germany. In order to strengthen the defense in the northeast of France, Juan was transferred back to France on February 4, 1939, and became the division commander of 1 French army 15 motorized infantry division. 1940 10 In May, the Germans invaded four countries, namely, Shandong, Belgium, the Netherlands and France. Zhu An was ordered to lead his troops to Jean-Blau, Belgium, to fight against the German attack. When the Germans broke through the Sedang defense line, Zhu An led his troops to the area near Valencia, France, and served as a combat mission to cover the withdrawal of the British and French allied forces to Dunkirk. Soon, Zhu An's troops retreated to the southern suburbs of Lille and were surrounded by German troops. On May 30th, Zhu An became a German prisoner. Although Zhu An's troops were defeated by the Germans, their heroic actions were praised by the French. His troops won the honor of "combat hero", and Zhu An himself was promoted to major general in February of 194 1.
After Zhu An was captured, he was held in Koenigstein prison. 194 1 In June, alphonse Zhu An introduced that Zhu An was released by the German army after General Wei Gang mediated with the German army as the general representative of France and North Africa.
194 1 year165438+1October 20th, Zhu An was promoted to lieutenant general, and was soon appointed as commander-in-chief of the French army in North Africa to replace Wei Gang. After Zhu An took over this post, he expanded his troops and concealed his equipment to "train African troops to participate in future operations against the Axis Powers". Thanks to Zhu An's efforts, Alphonse Zhu An introduced that by the end of June 1942, 1 1, the French troops stationed in Africa had five mobile divisions (including three Algerian divisions and two Moroccan divisions) and 1 light mechanized brigade, with a total of 200,000 people. These troops are well-equipped, have secret logistics bases in the mountainous areas of Tunisia, and are well prepared for the battlefield.
1942165438+1On the night of October 7-8, the Anglo-American Allied Forces carried out the "Torch" action plan for landing operations in North Africa. Before the official landing, the Allied Command negotiated with General Giraud in Gibraltar, hoping to exert influence on the French army in North Africa through the French general who escaped from the German prison in Konestan (from which the United States made some efforts) to ensure that it would not fight "all invading enemies". Zhu An knew nothing about it. As a result, there was a scene in which the French army in North Africa fought with the allied landing forces. Later, the relationship was cleared, and Zhu An soon understood and ordered the troops to cease fire. 1942165438+1October-1943 in may, Zhu An led the French contingent to join forces with the allies in the battle of Tunisia and won the battle. 1942 65438+On February 25th, Zhu An was promoted to general.
1June, 943, Allied Command decided to open a new battlefield in the Mediterranean, land in Sicily, and burn the war to Italy. In August, Zhu An was ordered by General Charles de Gaulle to form the French landing force (1officially called the French Expeditionary Force in June, 944), ready to land in Italy with the Allies. On September 29th, Zhu An arrived in sorrento as commander-in-chief of the French landing forces and was incorporated into the 5th Army of the United States. 1October 25th 165438+ Zhu An led the troops to Naples (present-day Naples) and took part in the famous attack on the Gustav Line in June+0944+October-May, 5438. At the same time. The allied forces tried many times to break through the German lines, go out to the Po River valley and drive the Germans to the north of Rome, but all failed. The entire Italian battlefield was once deadlocked in front of Gustav's defense line. Zhu An, as commander-in-chief of the French Expeditionary Force, put forward his own battle plan to the Allied Command several times, but none of them were adopted. But Zhu An was not discouraged and gave up his right idea. Zhu An once again shouted to the Allied Command with the belief of washing away the shame of the defeat of the French army in June 1940 and winning glory for France, claiming: "I can no longer accept a plan that is both flawed and excellent." Later, Zhu An finally succeeded in persuading Clark, commander of the 5th Army of the United States, to accept his idea of mountain mobile warfare. Since May of 13, Zhu An led the troops to detour in the mountainous area according to his own plan, which realized the tactical suddenness, and finally broke the deadlock of "Gustav Line" for the allies, cleared the way to Rome, and made certain contributions. This battle can also be said to be the first time since the defeat of the French army to save face and reverse the allied views on France. 1on June 6, 944, after the allied forces landed in Normandy and opened up the second front, the military problems facing France became more complicated. So at the end of July, General De Gaulle removed Zhu An from the post of Commander-in-Chief of the French Expeditionary Force, and appointed him as the chief of staff of the French Ministry of Defence on August 12, taking full charge of the work of the French army. In this important position, Zhu An gave full play to his command ability and made remarkable achievements, which can be understood as an important reason why Juan won the military medal several times between 1944- 1945.
Since then, Zhu An has had many contacts with General De Gaulle. Zhu An has always been the most rare collaborator of Charles de Gaulle, whether during Charles de Gaulle's temporary French head of state or after Charles de Gaulle stepped down.
1947- 195 1 year, Zhu An was appointed as the governor of french morocco. 1950 65438+in February, according to the proposal of Eisenhower, the supreme commander of NATO's European Allied Forces, Zhu An was appointed as the commander of the Central European Allied Forces for a term of five years. 1952 On May 7th, Zhu An was promoted to French Marshal.
1967 65438+1On October 27th, Zhu An died at the age of 79. On February 1 day, France held a grand state funeral for this famous soldier who devoted his life to the motherland.