Word: jaujard
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...France, while French Communists shouted "Bradley Go Back to New York!", Bradley & friends drove to Fontainebleau to meet the Western Union commanders:Field Marshal Montgomery, General De Lattre de Tassigny, Air Chief Marshal Robb and Vice Admiral Jaujard. To counteract reports that he does not get on with his French colleague, Monty seized De Lattre by the arm, led him to the waiting guard of honor and pushed him ahead, right next to Bradley...
...Western Union land, air and sea forces and their staffs. Together these are called Uniforce. The land forces (Uniter) are under De Lattre; the air forces (Uniair) under Britain's Air Chief Marshal Sir James Robb; and the naval forces (Uniair) under France's Vice Admiral Robert Jaujard, chief flag officer for Western Union. Standing over all, coordinating Uniforce's three services, is Britain's indomitable, irascible Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein...
...many ways, Fontainebleau functioned like a real headquarters. Its brisk brass was efficiently sectioned off into Unilion (Montgomery's central command), Uniterre (land command under French General de Lattre de Tassigny), Unimer (sea command under French Vice Admiral Jaujard), and Uniair (air command under Britain's Air Marshal Sir James Robb). The only trouble was that their forces were mostly shadow forces...
This week, a settlement was reached. The French accepted Montgomery as overall "chairman" and British Air Marshal Sir James Robb as head of the air forces. In return, French Vice Admiral Robert Jaujard would be head man of the combined Western fleets. French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny would command the land forces. This was a tremendous portent for the success of Western Union; if the Royal British Navy could stomach a French admiral as its theoretical commander, almost anything was possible...
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