École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr
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The École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr (ESM, "Special Military School of St Cyr") is the foremost French military academy. It is often referred to as Saint-Cyr. It's Motto is "Ils s'intruisent pour vaincre".
Founded by Napoleon in 1802, and initially located in Fontainebleau, it was moved first to Saint-Cyr l'École in 1808, and then to Coëtquidan (Brittany) in 1945.
Alumni include
- Hélie Denoix de Saint Marc (1922)
- Philippe Leclerc de Hautecloque (1902-1947) - 1924
- Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970) - 1912
- Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (1889-1952)
- Alphonse Juin (1888-1967) - 1912
- Maxime Weygand (1867-1965) - 1897
- Louis Franchet d'Espèrey (1856-1942) - 1876
- Philippe Pétain (1856-1951)
- Hubert Lyautey (1854-1934)
- Joseph Gallieni (1849-1916)
- François Certain Canrobert (1809-1895) - 1828
- Patrice MacMahon (1808-1893) - 1827
- Aimable Jean Jacques Pélissier (1794-1864)
- Haj Ali Razmara, former Prime Minister of Iran
- Felipe Ángeles, Mexican revolutionary, (1868-1919)
External links
- [Official website (in French)]
- [Presentation on St-Cyr in English, on the website of Norwich University, Vermont] (Information on Norwich's study-abroad program at St-Cyr)
- [Presentation on the website of the French Ministry of Defense (in French)]
- ["La Saint-Cyrienne": Association of cadets and former cadets of St-Cyr (in French)]
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