Émile Muselier
French admiral
Died when: 83 years 138 days (1000 months)Star Sign: Aries
Émile Henry Muselier (Marseilles, 17 April 1882 – Toulon, 2 September 1965) was a French admiral who led the Free French Naval Forces (Forces navales françaises libres, or FNFL) during World War II.
He was responsible for the idea of distinguishing his fleet from that of Vichy France by adopting the Cross of Lorraine, which later became the emblem of all of the Free French.
After entering the French Naval Academy (École Navale) in 1899, he embarked on a brilliant and eventful military career.He ran unsuccessfully in the legislative elections of 1946 as vice-president of the Rally of Republican Lefts (Rassemblement des gauches républicaines) and then entered private life as a consulting engineer before his retirement in 1960.
He is buried in the cemetery of St.Pierre, at Marseilles.
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