Facts: - caption: andre the world at war '' beaufre in 1972 being interviewed in the '' - battles: rif war world war ii - death date: 13 february 1975 - allegiance: 18px france - rank: general d'armee - birth date: 25 january 1902 - serviceyears: 1921-1961 - name: andre beaufre - branch: french army - image: andre beaufre.jpg - death place: belgrade , yugoslavia - birth place: neuilly-sur-seine , france Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of andre beaufre .
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andre beaufre -lrb- 25 january 1902 , neuilly-sur-seine -- 13 february 1975 -rrb- was a french general .beaufre ended world war ii with the rank of colonel .well known by the anglo-saxon world as a military strategist and as an exponent of an independent french nuclear force .in 1921 beaufre entered the military academy at Ecole speciale militaire de saint-cyr , where he met the future french president charles de gaulle , who was an instructor .in 1925 he saw action in morocco against the rif , who opposed french rule .beaufre then studied at the Ecole superieure de guerre and at the Ecole libre des sciences politiques and was subsequently assigned to the french army 's general staff .beaufre also commanded the french forces in the 1956 suez war campaign against egypt in 1956 .beaufre later became chief of the general staff of the supreme headquarters , allied powers in europe in 1958 .he was serving as chief french representative to the permanent group of the north atlantic treaty organisation -lrb- nato -rrb- in washington in 1960 when he was named general d'armee .he retired for health reasons a year later .he died in 1975 whilst engaged in a series of lectures in yugoslavia .