1. Emmanuel Charles Mast was a major general who participated in the liberation of North Africa in 1942 and was Resident General of France in Tunisia between 1943 and 1947.
16 Facts About Charles Mast
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Charles Mast was the son of Michel-Edmond Mast, an officer, and Jeanne Gouat, from Brumath, Alsace.
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Charles Mast was the Chief of Staff of the 10th Army Corps.
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Charles Mast was then appointed Head of the Algiers Division, then head of the 3rd North African Infantry Division.
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Charles Mast left the prison as Chief of Staff of the 19th Army Corps in North Africa in 1942.
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General Charles Mast, who commanded the Algiers Division, was prominent in the preparation of the allied forces landings.
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Charles Mast was one of the first Vichy commanders to collaborate with the allied forces to prepare for the naval landings.
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Charles Mast took part in a clandestine meeting in Cherchell, 23 October 1942.
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Charles Mast took command of the division march in Casablanca in 1942 and was appointed chief of military missions in Syria and Egypt in 1943.
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Charles Mast remained as the resident General until 22 February 1947, when he was replaced by Jean Mons.
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Charles Mast was director of the Institut des hautes etudes de defense nationale.
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Charles Mast wrote books such as The Story of a rebellion, 8 November 1942.
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Charles Mast corresponded with journalists regarding his wartime career in Tunisia.
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Until his death, Charles Mast had little confidence in France's western allies chances of success against a collaborated Communist attack.
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Charles Mast married in 1913 to Suzanne Bigault of Casanove; they had a son, George Mast, Ecole Polytechnique, promoting, 1936.
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Charles Mast's second wife, Marie-Madeleine Leroy, was a very close friend of Antoine de Saint-Exupery.