Michel Roquejeoffre is a retired French

France

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 Army General

Army General (France)

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 (rapid forces), who commanded Operation Daguet

Opération Daguet

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 (French operations during the 1991 Gulf War

Gulf War

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). French forces, a part of the coalition forces, counted 18,000 soldier

Soldier

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s and took a direct involvement in the battles with Iraq

Iraq

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i forces, both on Kuwait

Kuwait

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 and Iraqi territories.

Before that Roquejeoffre participated in the Algerian War and later missions in Chad

Chad

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, Lebanon

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 and Cambodia

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. He entered Saint-Cyr

École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr

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 in 1952.

Allied commander, U.S. General Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr.

Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr.

General Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf KCB , also known as "Stormin' Norman" and "The Bear", is a retired United States Army General who, while he served as Commander of U.S. Central Command, was commander of the Coalition Forces in the Gulf War of 1991.-Early life:Schwarzkopf was born in Trenton, New...

 described Roquejeoffre in his memoirs as one of his most trusted confidants during the war. Roquejeoffre was awarded the Legion of Merit

Legion of Merit

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by the US for his services in the Gulf war.