Joseph Gallieni

Military Person

1849 – 1916

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Who was Joseph Gallieni?

Joseph Simon Gallieni was a French soldier, most active as a military commander and administrator in the French colonies and finished his career during the First World War. He was made Marshal of France posthumously in 1921. Historians such as Georges Blond, Basil Liddell Hart, and Henri Isselin credit Gallieni with being the guiding intelligence behind the French victory in the First Battle of the Marne in 1914. Gallieni is infamous in Madagascar as the French military leader who exiled Queen Ranavalona III and abolished the 350-year-old monarchy on the island.

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Born
Apr 24, 1849
Saint-Béat
Nationality
  • France
Education
  • Prytanée National Militaire
  • Ecole Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr
Lived in
  • Haute-Garonne
Died
May 27, 1916
Palace of Versailles

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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