Roger Blaizot

Roger Charles André Henri Blaizot (17 May 1891 – 21 March 1981)^[2] was a French military leader, who commanded French forces during World War II and the First Indochina War.^[1] Blaizot served in Indochina through the last two years of the World War II,^[3] having been sent to command the Far East French Expeditionary Forces (Forces Francaises Extrême Orient) by Charles de Gaulle.^[4] Following the war, Blaizot led a fifty-member staff group to Indochina as part of a cooperation between British Special Operations Executive agents of Force 136 and the French government to ensure French retention of South East Asia,^[5] this having been approved by Lord Philip Mountbatten in 1943.^[6] Blaizot then went on to command the French forces in Indochina from 1948 until 1949,^[7] succeeding Jean-Étienne Valluy and being succeeded himself by Marcel Carpentier.^[8]

Roger Blaizot
Born	17 May 1891 Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
Died	21 March 1981(1981-03-21) (aged 89) Lyon, France
Allegiance	France
Service / branch	French Army
Rank	Général de corps d'armée
Unit	French Liaison Officer to Supreme Allied Commander South-East Asia[1]
Commands	1st Motorized Colonial Division 9th Colonial Division Forces Francaises Extrême Orient[1]
Battles / wars	World War II First Indochina War

See also

• Far East French Expeditionary Forces
• C.L.I.