Hans Senn was a general officer of the Swiss Army.

Senn was born in Zofingen

Zofingen

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 and, as a young officer, studied at the Ecole Supérieure de Guerre in Paris

Paris

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. As Army head of operations he unsuccessfully advocated a policy of nuclear armament as a deterrent against the Warsaw Pact

Warsaw Pact

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 in the 1960s. Switzerland eventually ratified the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

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As Chief of the General Staff, holding the rank of Korpskommandant (NATO: OF-8

Ranks and insignia of NATO armies officers

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), Senn was Switzerland's most senior military officer from 1977 to 1980. After his retirement, he authored two standard works about Swiss defence efforts during World War II

World War II

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