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Oct 29, 2002 · Jacques Massu, 94, a retired general who led French forces to victory in the 1957 Battle of Algiers and later expressed regret for his part in torturing opponents in the independence war, died...
Nov 2, 2002 · General Jacques Massu, who died last weekend aged 94, was one of modern France's best-known military figures - involved in the liberation of Paris, the Suez crisis, and the French wars in Indo...
Dec 14, 2013 · Aussaresses insisted that the torture and the summary killings were a matter of policy. He wrote everything down, he said, and briefed Gen Jacques Massu, his superior, every day.
Jul 2, 2010 · Militarily he proved remarkably successful and General Jacques Massu charged him in 1957 with the key task of subduing the Casbah, the warren of houses and narrow alleys in the heart of Algiers...
Mar 11, 2011 · In response the French governor general of Algeria, with the approval of France’s socialist Minister of Justice, Francois Mitterand, turned over the city to the military under French Indochina vet General Jacques Massu, commander of the 10th Parachute division.
Nov 4, 2002 · Jacques Massu, a retired general who led French forces to victory in the Battle of Algiers and expressed regret for his role in torturing opponents, has died at his home in France, aged 94....
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Jacques Émile Massu (French pronunciation: [ʒak masy]; 5 May 1908 – 26 October 2002) was a French general who fought in World War II, the First Indochina War, the Algerian War and the Suez Crisis.
