Yves Jean Antoine Noã«L Godard Papers
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf387002s7 No online items Register of the Yves Jean Antoine Noël Godard papers Finding aid prepared by Harold P. Anderson Hoover Institution Library and Archives © 1998 434 Galvez Mall Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-6003 [email protected] URL: http://www.hoover.org/library-and-archives Register of the Yves Jean Antoine 76073 1 Noël Godard papers Title: Yves Jean Antoine Noël Godard papers Date (inclusive): 1929-1974 Collection Number: 76073 Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives Language of Material: French Physical Description: 13 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 2 oversize folders, 1 envelope(7.1 Linear Feet) Abstract: Correspondence, messages, reports, dossiers, maps, photographs, clippings, and speeches and writings relating to military and resistance operations during World War II, military operations during the Indochinese War, and military, police, and terrorist activities during the Algerian independence struggle. Includes records of the Armée secrète de Haute-Savoie. Creator: Godard, Yves Jean Antoine Noël, 1911-1975 Hoover Institution Library & Archives Access The collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least two business days in advance of intended use. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. Acquisition Information Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1976. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Yves Jean Antoine Noël Godard papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives. 1911, December Born, Saint Maixent, France 21 1929 Baccalauréat, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Strasbourg 1932 Graduated from the Ecole Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr (military academy); sous-lieutenant, 27th Bataillon de Chasseurs Alpins (Alpine Infantry) 1937 Champion de France militaire de ski (military ski champion) 1939 Member, French military mission to Poland 1940 Captain; captured by German forces, June 16, at Maizières, France 1940-1944 Prisoner of war (Oflag 10, Montwy, Poland); escaped to France via Germany disguised as a Spanish laborer 1944 Battalion chief, 27th Bataillon de Chasseurs Alpins; commander of the Armée Secrète de Haute-Savoie (Secret Army of Resistance Fighters of Haute-Savoie) 1945-1948 Occupation duty in Austria 1948-1952 Commander of the 11th Bataillon de Choc (Special Forces) 1952-1955 Duty in Indochina; commander of the Groupement Mobile Nord of the Forces Terrestres du Laos (combined French and Laotian forces); attempted to relieve the siege of Dien Bien Phu; lieutenant colonel 1955-1957 Adjutant to General Massu, commander of the 10th Division Parachutiste (Paratroop Division); commander of the Algiers-Sahel military sector; active role in the "Battle of Algiers"; colonel 1958-1960 Directeur général de la Sûreté Nationale en Algérie (director of police) 1960-1961 Adjutant in the subdivision of Nevers, France 1961 Participant in the April putsch in Algeria; condemned to death in absentia 1961-1962 Organizer and chief of intelligence of the O.A.S. (Organisation Armée Secrète) in Algeria 1965-1975 Manufacturer, Papignies, Belgium 1972 Author, Les Paras dans la ville (Paratroops in the City), vol. I of Les Trois Batailles d'Alger (The Three Battles of Algiers) (Paris: Librairie Arthème Fayard) 1975, March Died, Lessines, Belgium 3 Subjects and Indexing Terms World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements World War, 1939-1945 -- France Officers Register of the Yves Jean Antoine 76073 2 Noël Godard papers Algeria -- History -- Revolution, 1954-1962 Indochinese War, 1946-1954 Haute-Savoie (France) France. Armée Organisation Armée secrète Armée secrète de Haute-Savoie oversize photo file PHOTOGRAPHS Scope and Contents note See photo file card index. MILITARY CAREER MEMORABILIA 1930-1948 Scope and Contents Correspondence, orders, diplomas, certificates, military newspapers, postcards, song sheets, news clippings, maps, invitations, menus, notes, memoranda, reports, and other printed matter and memorabilia, assembled in scrapbook fashion by Godard during his career in the 27th Bataillon de Chasseurs Alpins (Battalion of Alpine Infantry) and the Armée Secrète de Haute-Savoie (Secret Army of Resistance Fighters of Haute-Savoie). Arranged chronologically by year with selected citations to material in which Godard figures prominently. box 1 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1937 1938 1939 1940 General "Rapport sur les opérations auxquelles le 27e B.C.A. a participé du 2 septembre 1939 à l'armistice" (Report on military operations in which the 27th Battalion of Alpine Infantry participated from September 2, 1939 until the Armistice), typewritten, 13 pages circa October Mazaud, Chef de Bataillon, "Quelques faits d'armes du 27e B.C.A. du 5 au 8 juin 1940 (Exploits of the 27th Battalion of Alpine Infantry, June 5-8, 1940), typewritten, 8 pages 1941 General Proposition pour la Croix de Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur en faveur de Capitaine Godard (Yves) du 27ème B.C.A. (Recommendation for the Knight's Cross of the Legion of Honor for Captain Yves Godard of the 27th Battalion of Alpine Infantry), submitted by Battalion Chief Mazaud, Aix-en-Province September 20 Mazaud, Lieutenant-Colonel, Les Diables Bleus du 27me B.C.A. dans la Campagne de France 1939-1940 (The Blue Devils of the 27th Battalion of Alpine Infantry during the Battle of France, 1939-1940), printed, 142 pages 1944 Register of the Yves Jean Antoine 76073 3 Noël Godard papers MILITARY CAREER MEMORABILIA 1930-1948 1944 General Piat, Phillipe, "Evasion - Mars 1944" (Escape from Poland! March 1944), typewritten (carbon copy), 6 pages Koenig, Phillipe, "Récit de notre évasion d'un oflag de Pologne" (Our Escape from Prison Camp in Poland), typewritten (carbon copy), 9 pages 1945 1946 1947 1948 Godard, Yves, "Le 27e B.C.A. Bataillon d'Annecy et de la Haute-Savoie," in Plaquette editée par le Comité des Fêtes d'Annecy en honneur du retour du 27e B.C.A. (Booklet compiled by the Festivities Committee of Annecy in honor of the return of the 27th Battalion of Alpine Infantry from occupation duty in Austria), printed, 2 pages Undated General Etat nominatif des officiers, sous-officiers, caporaux et chasseurs de la C.C. (List of the members of the 27th Battalion of Alpine Infantry) circa 1945-1948 Godard, Yves, "Le 27e Bataillon de Chaseurs Alpins et la Résistance en Haute-Savoie, 1940-1944" (The 27th Battalion of Alpine Infantry and the Resistance Movement in Haute-Savoie), typewritten (carbon copy), 7 pages circa 1946-1948 ARCHIVES OF THE ARMEE SECRETE DE HAUTE-SAVOIE (FORCES FRANCAISES DE L'INTERIEUR) 1944-1946 Scope and Contents Orders, messages, memoranda, reports, histories, maps, personnel records, and financial correspondence related to the activities of the Secret Army of Resistance Fighters of Haute-Savoie (French forces of the Interior) in the Alpine departments of France during the Resistance. Arranged as listed by subseries. Orders, messages, and mission reports Organization and mobilization plans 1944 June-July Parachute drop operation on the Plateau de Glieres 1944 August 1 Organizational plans and intelligence reports 1944 August 6-13 Operation and individual mission orders of the A.S. (Armée Secrète) and the F.T.P. (Francs-Tireurs et Partisans de France) 1944 August 12 Liberation of the Département de Haute-Savoie and surrounding areas 1944 August 12-19 1944 August 19-September 9 box 2 Summary reports and notes Register of the Yves Jean Antoine 76073 4 Noël Godard papers ARCHIVES OF THE ARMEE SECRETE DE HAUTE-SAVOIE (FORCES FRANCAISES DE L'INTERIEUR) 1944-1946 Summary reports and notes General "Essai de synthèse sur les opérations des F.F.I. de Haute-Savoie en Haute-Savoie et en Savoie du 14 au 31 août 1944" (Essay on the operations of the French Forces of the Interior of Haute-Savoie in Haute-Savoie and Savoie, August 14-31, 1944), prepared by Lieutenant Garolet on the basis of reports by unit and sector commanders, typewritten, 18 pages with map circa Setember 1944-1945 Godard, Yves "Rapport succint du Chef de Bataillon Godard, commandant le 27e Bataillon de Chasseurs Alpins, sur le rôle du Bataillon dans la résistance de Haute-Savoie" (Report on the Activities of the 27th Battalion of Alpine Infantry in the Resistance), typewritten, 3 pages 1945 January 22 "Notice historique du 27e B.C.A. pendant la période du 27 novembre 1942 au 30 novembre 1944" (Brief History of the 27th Battalion of Alpine Infantry from November 27, 1942 to November 30, 1944), typewritten (carbon copy), 4 pages 1945 March 5 Personnel records Lists of members of the Armée Secrète, lost, killed, or wounded (perts - tués - blessés) 1944 Recommendations for promotions (avancement et nominations) 1944 Recommendations for awards, citations, and medals 1944-1945 Recommendations for medals (posthumous) 1944-1945 Letters of verification (certificats et attestations) of military service, aid to the Armée Secrète, wounds, and deaths 1944-1946 Miscellaneous Scope and Contents note Includes declassified records returned to file after July 2015 release by Hoover. Miscellaneous correspondence related to the finances of the Armée Secrète 1944-1946 INDOCHINA FILE 1953-1974 Scope and Contents Reports, orders, messages, maps, balance sheets, news clippings, aerial reconnaissance photos, and a speech and writing related to the activities of French military forces (Forces Terrestres du Laos/Groupement Mobile Nord) in Laos and Tonkin (Vietnam), 1953-1954. Arranged alphabetically