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Un homme blindé à Bir-Hakeim: récit d'un sous-officier camerounais qui a fait la guerre de 39–45 [A Tank Man at Bir-Hakeim: Story of a Cameroonian Non-Commissioned Officer who was in the War 39–45] (in French). Paris: L'Harmattan. ISBN 978-2-7384-4239-0. Rondeau, Daniel; Stephane, Roger (1997). "16 Testimonies".
Bir Hakeim (Arabic: بئر حكيم, romanized: biʾr ḥakīm, lit. 'wise well', pronounced [biʔr ħaˈkiːm] ⓘ, sometimes written Bir Hacheim) is the site of a former Ottoman fort in the Libyan desert. The fort was built around the site of an ancient Roman well, dating to the period when the oasis was part of Ottoman Tripolitania.
The division was cited 4 times at the orders of the armed forces (26 June 1942, following the battle of Bir Hakeim; 27 January 1945, for Italy, the Vosges; 16 March 1945, for combats in Alsace; 7 July 1945, for the campaign of Authion) and the principal forming regiments were awarded the French Fourragere for 2 citations at the orders of the ...
Marie Joseph Pierre François Kœnig [b] or Koenig [4] (10 October 1898 – 2 September 1970) was a French general during World War II during which he commanded a Free French Brigade at the Battle of Bir Hakeim in North Africa in 1942.
The Free French forces included men from the French Pacific Islands. Mainly coming from Tahiti, there were 550 volunteers in April 1941. They would serve through the North African campaign (including the Battle of Bir Hakeim), the Italian Campaign and much of the Liberation of France. In November 1944, 275 remaining volunteers were repatriated ...
He was the son of General Maxime Germain. He joined the Free French Forces, and in 1942 saw action at the Battle of Bir Hakeim and the Battle of El Alamein. In early 1944 he was wounded in Italy. After his recovery he took part in Operation Dragoon, the Allied landing in Provence. [2]
Bir Hakeim was the name of the site of two Roman wells, a tomb and an Ottoman blockhouse about 120 mi (190 km) west of Sollum. [5] The Bir (well) did not appear on British maps but two Arab guides with the British claimed to know its location. Westminster and Peyton decided on a rescue attempt.
Bir Hacheim: une épopée française, 1952; La bataille de Dakar, 1956 (with Gabriel Auphan) La marine française pendant la seconde guerre mondiale, 1958. Translated by A. C. J. Sabalot as The French Navy in World War II, 1959. Vingt-cinq siècles de guerre sur mer, 1959. Translated by Len Ortzen as Twenty-five centuries of sea warfare, 1959.