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Marcel Bigeard (French pronunciation: [maʁsɛl biʒaʁ];
February 14, 1916 – June 18, 2010),
personal radio call-sign "Bruno", was a
French military officer...
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victims were
called "crevettes
Bigeard [fr]" '
Bigeard shrimp'
after General Marcel Bigeard, who
ordered the procedure.
Bigeard put his victims' feet in a...
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Bigeard cap (French:
casquette Bigeard) is a
field cap worn by the
French Army and
several others. It was
allegedly invented by
French General Marcel...
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victims came to be
known as "
Bigeard's shrimp" (crevettes
Bigeard),
after one of the
paratrooper commanders,
Marcel Bigeard.
During the
Malagasy Uprising...
- so-called "death flights".The
victims were
called "crevettes
Bigeard [fr]", lit.
Bigeard shrimps.
Bigeard denied any
involvement in
torture and
summary executions...
- the war. In June 2000,
Bigeard declared that he was
based in Sidi Ferruch, a
torture center where Algerians were murdered.
Bigeard qualified Louisette Ighilahriz's...
- pour
concrete on
their feet.
These victims were
known as "
Bigeard's shrimps" ("crevettes
Bigeard")
after the
surname of a
notorious paratroop helicopter...
- the war
Marcel Bigeard's troops were
accused of
practicing "death flights",
whose victims were
called crevettes Bigeard (fr), "
Bigeard shrimp". "Gégène"...
- dark on 31 March,
Langlais told
Bigeard, who was
leading the
defense at
Eliane 2, to fall back from
Eliane 4.
Bigeard refused,
saying "As long as I have...
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Regiment under Lieutenant Colonel Marcel Bigeard and FLN’s
Commando 41 (‘Ali Khodja’)
under Si Azzedine.
Bigeard and his
regiment were sent to hunt down...
