Acting
Marcel Bigeard
- Born
- Feb 14, 1926 · Aged 84
- Died
- Jun 18, 2010
- Place of birth
- Toul, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 1
- TV credits
- 2
Also known as (1)
- Bruno
Biography
Marcel Bigeard (February 14, 1916 – June 18, 2010), personal radio call-sign "Bruno", was a French military officer and politician who fought in World War II, the First Indochina War and the Algerian War. He was one of the commanders in the Battle of Dien Bien Phu and is thought by many to have been a dominating influence on French "unconventional" warfare thinking from that time onwards. He was one of the most decorated soldiers in France, and is particularly noteworthy because of his rise from being a regular soldier in 1936 to ultimately concluding his career in 1976 as a Lieutenant…
