1. Edmond Jouhaud was born on 2 April 1905 in French Algeria.
10 Facts About Edmond Jouhaud
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Edmond Jouhaud was a descendant of early Algerian pioneers from Limoges, in France.
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Edmond Jouhaud entered the Ecole speciale militaire de Saint-Cyr in 1924.
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Edmond Jouhaud fled to Britain in March 1944 to join the Free French Forces.
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Edmond Jouhaud had served as air force commander during France's war in Indochina and air force chief of staff in Algeria.
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Edmond Jouhaud left the air force in 1960 and allied himself with French Army Gen.
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Edmond Jouhaud was captured in March 1962 and sentenced to death by a military court.
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Edmond Jouhaud called for the remaining activists of OAS to end their terrorist campaign, and, after a harrowing five-month period of uncertainty, his sentence was commuted by Charles de Gaulle.
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Edmond Jouhaud was rehabilitated by a law passed in 1982 under the presidency of Francois Mitterrand.
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Edmond Jouhaud was one of the most decorated officers in the French military prior to participating in the putsch.