 Fernand Gambiez

Fernand Gambiez (27 February 1903 – 29 March 1989) was a French Army general and military historian, he fought in World War II, First Indochina War and Algerian War, during the Algerian War he was commander-in-chief of the French Army in Algeria.Gambiez was born in Lille, graduated from Saint Cyr in 1925.He served with the Foreign Legion in Morocco before studying at the Superior War School in 1935.