Mangin, Charles Marie Emmanuel
Mangin, Charles Marie Emmanuel
(shärl märē` ĕmänüĕl` mäNzhăN`), 1866–1925, French general. A graduate of Saint-Cyr, he served in the Sudan under Jean MarchandMarchand, Jean Baptiste, 1863–1934, French explorer and general. Sent to Africa (1897) to establish French control of the headwaters of the White Nile, Marchand led a heroic trek through uncharted terrain.
..... Click the link for more information. and in French North Africa. His works on French colonial activities show concern with colonial development and supply a useful exposition of French colonial policy. Mangin, who commanded in World War I and was prominent in the defense of Verdun, supported a costly policy of offensive warfare as opposed to trench warfare. In 1921 he became a member of the supreme war council and inspector general of colonial troops.