serviceyears branch commands death_date death_place birth_place birth_date rank image article_title name
1894 -- 1945 artillery swiss armed forces 07 april 1960 pully mézières 21 october 1874 general general guisan.jpg henri guisan
 henri guisan
henri guisan

henri guisan -lrb- ; 21 october 1874 -- 7 april 1960 -rrb- was a swiss army officer who held the office of the general of the swiss army during the second world war .
he was the fourth and the most recent man to be appointed to the rarely used swiss rank of general , and was possibly switzerland 's most famous soldier .
he is best remembered for effectively mobilizing the swiss army and swiss people in order to prepare resistance against a possible invasion by nazi germany in 1940 .
