In this study of three charismatic French commanders Anthony Clayton tells of their extraordinary personal stories and, through them, illuminates an often traumatic period of French history . . . Three Marshals of France is a biography of Alphonse Juin, Jean de Lattre de Tassigny and Phillippe de Hauteclocque - three outstanding French commanders all created Marshal by the fourth Republic after successful campaigns in the Second World War and important commands in the post-war years.