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Jacques Philippe LeclercJacques Philippe Leclerc, born Philippe, comte de Hauteclocque (1902-1947) was a French general. During World War II, he led Free French forces on an epic march from Lake Chad to Tripoli, and was instrumental in the Tunisian campaign, and the liberation of Paris in 1944. A year later, as commander in Indochina, he defeated Vietminh in South Vietnam but recognized need for a negotiated settlement. Leclerc's forces set forth in October, first cracking a Vietminh blockade around Saigon, then driving through the Mekong delta and up into the highlands. Jean Sainteny flew to Saigon to consult Leclerc, then acting as high commissioner, approved Sainteny's proposal to negotiate with Vietnam. Admiral d' Argenlieu bluntly denounced Leclerc: "I am amazed-yes, that is the word, amazed-that Frances fine expeditionary corps in Indochina is commanded by officers who would rather negotiate than fight. The negotiation did not work. General Leclerc, returned to Paris form Vietnam, now warned that "anti-communism will be a useless tool unless the problem of nationalism is resolved." But his wisdom was ignored. The French Communists, after breaking with Paul Ramadier, triggered a series of strikes and other disorders that plunged France into civil strife. Leclerc was later replaced by Jean-Etienne Valluy. Leclerc, Jacques Philippe Leclerc, Jacques Philippe Leclerc, Jacques Philippe
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