Louis Faury was a French

France

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 military commander. In the 1920s he acted as a chief of General Staff Academy in Poland. Well known to his Polish students under nickname

Nickname

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 Papa Faury. He was made General Officer commanding the 3rd Division in 1936. From 23 August 1939 till 17 September 1939, he led the French military mission in Poland

Poland

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 (till Soviet invasion of Poland

Soviet invasion of Poland

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).

He retired from the French Army later on in 1939.

Recommended literature

• Louis Faury La Pologne Terrassée in: Revue Historique de l’Armée, IX nr 1 (1953), Paris 1953, p. 132-136.

See also

• Western Betrayal
  Western betrayal
  Western betrayal, also called Yalta betrayal, refers to a range of critical views concerning the foreign policies of several Western countries between approximately 1919 and 1968 regarding Eastern Europe and Central Europe...
  
  for more info on the Saar Offensive.