Jacques Weil

Machine-translated from the French article

Jacques Weil, born on 31 July 1911 in Vesoul and died in Bernay on 11 April 2003, was a French Army colonel who joined the Resistance in 1941 and the Free France movement in 1942. He followed General Leclerc throughout the Battle of France, then the German campaign and finally Indochina. As a liaison officer, he influenced the decision to send the 2nd Armoured Division to take part in the liberation of Paris on 25 August 1944.