serviceyears branch commands relations death_place death_date birth_place allegiance unit battles birth_date rank article_title name
1922 -- 1951 20px french army commandeur of the legion of honor hubert chanson sa Đéc , vietnam 31 july 1951 grenoble , france france commander of the french-indo-chinese forces in southern vietnam world war ii first indochina war 18 february 1902 general charles chanson
 charles chanson
charles chanson

charles chanson -lrb- 1902 -- 1951 -rrb- was the commander of the french-indo-chinese forces in southern vietnam during the first indochina war .
born on 18 february 1902 in grenoble , france , charles marie ferreol chanson was educated at ecole polytechnique -lrb- entrance : 1922 -rrb- .
his father was general henri chanson and his great father was general achille chanson .
all of them were artillery officers .
charles chanson was posted in france , morocco , algeria , and germany and indochina after world war 2 .
during world war ii , he served in france during the battle of france -lrb- 1939 -- 1940 -rrb- , in north africa from 1941 , and later with the general staff of u.s. general dwight d. eisenhower .
charles chanson was posted to indochina in 1946 where he served until his death in 1951 .
at the time , general charles chanson was commander of the french-indo-chinese forces in south viet nam .
he was killed on 31 july 1951 at sadec -lrb- or sa Đéc -rrb- in southern vietnam , when a caodaist suicide bomber exploded a grenade killing general charles chanson , governor thai lap thanh and himself .
during his time in indochina , he was credited for the restoration of peace and security in southern vietnam following the capitulation of the japanese forces in 1945 and the void left by the allied forces .
between 1950 and 1951 , he worked closely with general jean marie de lattre de tassigny who commanded french troops in indochina , providing troops to defend successfully the northern vietnam against the viet minh .
