Famous Frenchmen found in Castle prison.
Famous Frenchmen found in Castle prison. Overcoming opposition fron the German guards at Itter Castle in the Tyrolean Alps, men of the 103 rd Infantry Division of the Seventh U.S. Army, found a number of famous French statesmen and generals who had been hold hostages by the Germans for more than two years. Among them were former Prime Ministers Paul Reynaud and Edouard Daladier, General Maxim Weygand, former Commander-in-Chief of the French Army, and Madame Weygan, wife of General Weygand, This picture, taken at Innsbruck, Austria, shows )left to right): M. Reynaud, Major General Anthony B. McAuliffe, Commander of the 103rd Division; Madame Weygand, General Gamelin M Daladier and General Weygand.
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