Maurice Gamelin
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Character Key:
Display Name:
Maurice Gamelin
Sort Name:
Gamelin, Maurice
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Class:
Middle Class
Rank:
Peripheral
Vitality:
Alive
Occupation:
Armed Forces
Specific Job:
General
First Mentioned:
Date of Birth:
Friday, September 20, 1872
Origin:
France
Biography:
Although the novel quotes "the splendid glittering figure of Gamelin" telling the French people to "Be calm. I am here" (231), in historical fact Maurice Gamelin was the French Army General whose handling of the German invasion in World War II was a disastrous failure.
Ontological Status:
Historical/Real
Individual or Group:
Individual
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