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- André_Dewavrin abstract "Andre Dewavrin DSO, MC (9 June 1911, Paris – 21 December 1998) was a French officer who served with Free French Forces intelligence services during World War II.He was born in Paris, the son of a businessman. He graduated as an army engineer and in 1938 began to teach as a professor in Saint Cyr military academy. After the outbreak of World War II, Dewavrin was assigned to Norway in 1940 before he joined General Charles de Gaulle in Britain. He received the rank of major, took charge of the Free French military intelligence unit Bureau Central de Renseignements et d'Action (BCRA), and took the codename \"Colonel Passy\". He began to help organize the French Resistance movement and cooperated with the SOE.Dewavrin collated information from the French Resistance and planned operations for 350 agents who were parachuted to France to work with them. He secretly traveled to France on occasion to meet with the Resistance and coordinate intelligence gathering and sabotage. On 23 February 1943 Dewavrin parachuted to France alongside Pierre Brossolette to meet with Jean Moulin.Later in 1943 Dewavrin's organization was merged with the conventional secret service of the Free French Forces to form DGSS under Jacques Soustelle. Dewavrin served as Soustelle's technical advisor before he took the lead of the organization in October 1944. After the Normandy Invasion, Dewavrin became Chief of Staff to General Marie Pierre Koenig, the Commander of the French Forces of the Interior. After the war, Dewavrin was head of intelligence for de Gaulle's provisional government until de Gaulle resigned in January 1946. His successor accused Dewavrin of embezzling Free French money for his own purposes. Dewavrin was jailed for four months in Vincennes. He was eventually acquitted for lack of evidence. British historian Antony Beevor suspects that Dewavrin might have tried to collect money to work against a possible communist takeover attempt.Dewavrin published three volumes of memoirs in 1947, 1949, and 1951, and eventually retired from the army to become a businessman.He portrayed himself in Jean Pierre Melville's film, L'Armée des ombres.".
- André_Dewavrin award Croix_de_guerre_1939–1945_(France).
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- André_Dewavrin award Legion_of_Honour.
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- André_Dewavrin award Order_of_Liberation.
- André_Dewavrin award Resistance_Medal.
- André_Dewavrin award War_Cross_(Norway).
- André_Dewavrin battle World_War_II.
- André_Dewavrin militaryBranch French_Army.
- André_Dewavrin militaryCommand "Bureau Central de Renseignements et d'Action".
- André_Dewavrin restingPlace Neuilly-sur-Seine_community_cemetery.
- André_Dewavrin serviceEndYear "1946".
- André_Dewavrin serviceStartYear "1932".
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- André_Dewavrin wikiPageWikiLinkText "André Dewavrin".
- André_Dewavrin wikiPageWikiLinkText "Colonel André Dewavrin".
- André_Dewavrin awards Croix_de_guerre_1939–1945_(France).
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- André_Dewavrin birthDate "1911-06-09".
- André_Dewavrin birthPlace France.
- André_Dewavrin birthPlace Paris.
- André_Dewavrin branch French_Army.
- André_Dewavrin commands Bureau_Central_de_Renseignements_et_dAction.
- André_Dewavrin deathDate "1998-12-21".
- André_Dewavrin deathPlace "Paris, France".
- André_Dewavrin laterwork "Businessman".
- André_Dewavrin name "André Dewavrin".
- André_Dewavrin nickname "Passy".
- André_Dewavrin placeofburial Neuilly-sur-Seine_community_cemetery.
- André_Dewavrin rank Major.
- André_Dewavrin serviceyears "1932".
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- André_Dewavrin subject Category:1911_births.
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- André_Dewavrin subject Category:Companions_of_the_Liberation.
- André_Dewavrin subject Category:French_Resistance_members.
- André_Dewavrin subject Category:People_from_Paris.