Victor Iturria Military person

Victor Iturria (15 June 1917 – 25 August 1944) was a French paratrooper during World War II. He served as an anti-tank gunner during the Battle of France and was evacuated to England during the Battle of Dunkirk, where he joined the Free French Forces under General de Gaulle. Iturria was assigned to the Free French paratroopers that joined the British Special Air Service in North Africa, with them he took part in several raids behind enemy lines. In 1944 he parachuted into occupied France during the liberation and fought with the French Resistance in Brittany and then in Southern France, where he was killed in an ambush.

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Victor Iturria
Birth dateMay 13, 1917
Birth place
Saint-Jean-de-Luz , France
Date of deathJanuary 19, 1944
Place of death
France , Blain Loire-Atlantique

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allegianceFrance
award
Médaille militaire
Military Cross
Order of Liberation
Croix de guerre 1939–1945 (France)
military operations
World War II
military branch
French Army
service start1940
service end1944

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