René Cogny
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! René Cogny (April 25, 1904 ? September 11, 1968) was a French Général de division, World War II veteran and later commander of the French forces in Tonkin (northern Vietnam) during the First Indochina War and notably the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. Known to his men as Le General Vitesse (General Hurry-Up), Cogny was killed when Air France Flight 1611 crashed in the Mediterranean near Nice. Cogny was born in Normandy in April 1904, the son of a police sergeant. An academically gifted boy, Cogny was awarded a scholarship to École Polytechnique, where he…mehr

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! René Cogny (April 25, 1904 ? September 11, 1968) was a French Général de division, World War II veteran and later commander of the French forces in Tonkin (northern Vietnam) during the First Indochina War and notably the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. Known to his men as Le General Vitesse (General Hurry-Up), Cogny was killed when Air France Flight 1611 crashed in the Mediterranean near Nice. Cogny was born in Normandy in April 1904, the son of a police sergeant. An academically gifted boy, Cogny was awarded a scholarship to École Polytechnique, where he received an engineering degree, a diploma from the French Institute of Political Science, and a doctorate in law. Cogny enlisted in the French Army before the outbreak of World War II, graduating in 1929 from the Fontainebleau artillery school, and was a battery commander by the time the war started. He was awarded the Croix de guerre during early engagements.