Gustave Mesny

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Gustave Marie Maurice Mesny
Born	28 March 1886 Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, France
Died	19 January 1945(1945-01-19) (aged 58) near Nossen, Nazi Germany
Allegiance	France
Service/branch	French Army
Years of service	-1945
Rank	Divisional general (Major General)
Commands held	5th North African Infantry Division
Battles/wars	Second World War   Western Front French and Low Countries campaign Battle of France Siege of Lille (1940)  (POW)

Gustave Marie Maurice Mesny (28 March 1886 – 19 January 1945) was a French Army general in command of the 5th North African Infantry Division who was captured during the Second World War. He was victim of a war crime, controversially killed in retribution for the death of German General Fritz von Brodowski while in French custody.