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background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><div style="display:inline-block" class="fn">Jean-Baptiste Piron</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa;; line-height: 1.5em"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Jean-Baptiste_Piron.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/80/Jean-Baptiste_Piron.jpg/220px-Jean-Baptiste_Piron.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="286" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/80/Jean-Baptiste_Piron.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="277" data-file-height="360" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="font-size: 100%">Piron, photographed <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr>1945</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1896-04-10</span>)</span>10 April 1896<br /><a href="/wiki/Couvin" title="Couvin">Couvin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Namur_Province" title="Namur Province">Namur Province</a>, Belgium</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">4 September 1974<span style="display:none">(1974-09-04)</span> (aged 78)<br /><a href="/wiki/Uccle" title="Uccle">Uccle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a>, Belgium</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data">Belgium</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Service <wbr />/ branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Belgian_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgian Army">Belgian Army</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Free_Belgian_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Free Belgian Forces">Free Belgian Forces</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1914–1957</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant General">Lieutenant General</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Commands</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1st_Belgian_Infantry_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Belgian Infantry Brigade">1st Belgian Infantry Brigade</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Belgian_Forces_in_Germany" title="Belgian Forces in Germany">Belgian Army in Germany</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Battles / wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1116488514">.mw-parser-output .treeview ul{padding:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .treeview li{padding:0;margin:0;list-style-type:none;list-style-image:none}.mw-parser-output .treeview li li{background:url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Treeview-grey-line.png")no-repeat 0 -2981px;padding-left:21px;text-indent:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .treeview li li:last-child{background-position:0 -5971px}.mw-parser-output .treeview li.emptyline>ul>.mw-empty-elt:first-child+.emptyline,.mw-parser-output .treeview li.emptyline>ul>li:first-child{background-position:0 9px}</style><div class="treeview"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yser_Front" title="Yser Front">Yser Front</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Belgium" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Belgium">Battle of Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberation_of_Belgium" title="Liberation of Belgium">Liberation of Belgium</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Jean-Baptiste Piron</b> (10 April 1896 – 4 September 1974) was a Belgian military officer, best known for his role in the <a href="/wiki/Free_Belgian_forces" title="Free Belgian forces">Free Belgian forces</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> as commander of the <a href="/wiki/1st_Belgian_Infantry_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Belgian Infantry Brigade">1st Belgian Infantry Brigade</a>, widely known as the "Piron Brigade", between 1942 and 1944. </p><p>Piron entered the <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgian Army">Belgian Army</a> and served during <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> as both a junior infantry officer and, briefly, in the <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgian Air Force">Belgian Air Force</a>. He rose through the ranks during the <a href="/wiki/Interwar_period" title="Interwar period">interwar period</a> and held the rank of <a href="/wiki/Major_(rank)" title="Major (rank)">major</a> at the time of the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Belgium" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Belgium">German invasion of Belgium</a> in World War<span class="nowrap"> </span>II. He subsequently escaped from <a href="/wiki/German_occupation_of_Belgium_during_World_War_II" title="German occupation of Belgium during World War II">German-occupied Belgium</a> and reached the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, where he led a re-organisation of the Free Belgian military. Promoted to the head of the 1st<span class="nowrap"> </span>Belgian Infantry Brigade, he led the unit from 1942 to 1944, including on the <a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Western Front (World War II)">Western Front</a> in late 1944. He commanded the <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Forces_in_Germany" title="Belgian Forces in Germany">Belgian army of occupation</a> in <a href="/wiki/Allied-occupied_Germany" title="Allied-occupied Germany">Germany</a> in 1946–1947 and was <a href="/wiki/Aide_de_camp" class="mw-redirect" title="Aide de camp">aide de camp</a> to <a href="/wiki/Prince_Charles,_Count_of_Flanders" title="Prince Charles, Count of Flanders">Prince-Regent Charles</a> and, later, to <a href="/wiki/Baudouin_of_Belgium" title="Baudouin of Belgium">King Baudouin</a>. He ended his career as lieutenant general and retired in 1957. He died in 1974. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_career">Early career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jean-Baptiste_Piron&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Piron was born in <a href="/wiki/Couvin" title="Couvin">Couvin</a> in Belgium's <a href="/wiki/Namur_(province)" class="mw-redirect" title="Namur (province)">Province of Namur</a> on 10<span class="nowrap"> </span>April 1896. He entered the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Military_Academy_(Belgium)" title="Royal Military Academy (Belgium)">Royal Military Academy</a> in <a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a> at the age of 17 in 1913. Following the <a href="/wiki/German_invasion_of_Belgium_(1914)" title="German invasion of Belgium (1914)">German invasion of Belgium</a> in August 1914 at the start of <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, Piron, who had not finished his studies, was mobilised into the <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgian Army">Belgian Army</a> as a junior officer in the <a href="/w/index.php?title=2nd_Regiment_of_the_Line&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2nd Regiment of the Line (page does not exist)">2nd Regiment of the Line</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/2e_r%C3%A9giment_de_ligne_(Belgique)" class="extiw" title="fr:2e régiment de ligne (Belgique)">fr</a>]</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENouvelle_Biographie_Nationale1988_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENouvelle_Biographie_Nationale1988-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served with the Belgian army on the <a href="/wiki/Yser_Front" title="Yser Front">Yser Front</a> and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in 1916.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After being hospitalised with <a href="/wiki/Appendicitis" title="Appendicitis">appendicitis</a> in October 1917, he was transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgian Air Force">Belgian Air Force</a> and served as an <a href="/wiki/Air_observer" title="Air observer">air observer</a> with the 6th Reconnaissance Squadron.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was wounded twice.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENouvelle_Biographie_Nationale1988_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENouvelle_Biographie_Nationale1988-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the end of the war in 1918, Piron held the rank of acting captain.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Interwar_period" title="Interwar period">interwar period</a>, Piron returned to his studies at the academy. He remained in the Belgian Army, serving in the headquarters of the 2nd<span class="nowrap"> </span>Army Corps and later in the <a href="/wiki/Regiment_Carabiniers_Prince_Baudouin_%E2%80%93_Grenadiers" class="mw-redirect" title="Regiment Carabiniers Prince Baudouin – Grenadiers">1st Grenadier Regiment</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rising through the ranks to <a href="/wiki/Major_(rank)" title="Major (rank)">major</a>, he served with the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Regiment_of_Frontier_Cyclists&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Regiment of Frontier Cyclists (page does not exist)">Regiment of Frontier Cyclists</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regiment_Wielrijders" class="extiw" title="nl:Regiment Wielrijders">nl</a>]</span> and later at the headquarters of the 5th Army Corps at the outbreak of the <a href="/wiki/Phoney_War" title="Phoney War">Phoney War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="World_War_II">World War II</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jean-Baptiste_Piron&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, Piron served during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Belgium" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Belgium">German invasion of Belgium</a> (10–28<span class="nowrap"> </span>May 1940), after which the Belgian Army surrendered and Belgium <a href="/wiki/German_occupation_of_Belgium_during_World_War_II" title="German occupation of Belgium during World War II">was placed under military occupation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Piron, however, refused to accept the Belgian surrender and succeeded in escaping from occupied Belgium via <a href="/wiki/Vichy_France" title="Vichy France">Vichy France</a> and <a href="/wiki/Francoist_Spain" title="Francoist Spain">Spain</a> to British <a href="/wiki/Gibraltar" title="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a>. He arrived in <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a> in February 1942.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Museum_of_the_Armed_Forces_(Brussels)._Daimler_Armoured_Car.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Royal_Museum_of_the_Armed_Forces_%28Brussels%29._Daimler_Armoured_Car.jpg/220px-Royal_Museum_of_the_Armed_Forces_%28Brussels%29._Daimler_Armoured_Car.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Royal_Museum_of_the_Armed_Forces_%28Brussels%29._Daimler_Armoured_Car.jpg/330px-Royal_Museum_of_the_Armed_Forces_%28Brussels%29._Daimler_Armoured_Car.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Royal_Museum_of_the_Armed_Forces_%28Brussels%29._Daimler_Armoured_Car.jpg/440px-Royal_Museum_of_the_Armed_Forces_%28Brussels%29._Daimler_Armoured_Car.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Daimler_Armoured_Car" class="mw-redirect" title="Daimler Armoured Car">Daimler Armoured Car</a> in the markings of the Piron Brigade (<a href="/wiki/Royal_Museum_of_the_Armed_Forces_and_Military_History" title="Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History">Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History</a>)</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Belgian_government_in_exile" title="Belgian government in exile">Belgian government in exile</a> began to form a <a href="/wiki/Free_Belgian_forces" title="Free Belgian forces">Free Belgian army</a> in late 1940 among Belgian soldiers and expatriates who had succeeded in reaching the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>. Following his arrival in Britain, Piron was tasked with reforming the Belgian and <a href="/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg">Luxembourgish</a> forces into an infantry <a href="/wiki/Battalion" title="Battalion">battalion</a>, an artillery battery, and an armoured squadron.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The move followed a period of unrest among the Belgian troops which had culminated in a minor mutiny on 14 November, caused by inactivity and political infighting. The reaction by the incumbent commander, Colonel Lecomte, had been considered inadequate by the Belgian government.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVan_den_Dungen2010247–8_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVan_den_Dungen2010247–8-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Piron, designated as Lecomte's successor, took command in December 1942 and became commander of the resulting unit, the <a href="/wiki/1st_Belgian_Infantry_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Belgian Infantry Brigade">1st Belgian Infantry Brigade</a>, on its formation in January 1943.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The unit, numbering between 1,800 and 2,200 men, was soon popularly nicknamed the "Piron Brigade" (<i>Brigade Piron</i>) after him.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDe_Vos200194_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDe_Vos200194-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was promoted to the rank of <a href="/wiki/Colonel" title="Colonel">colonel</a> in 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His style of command earned him the nickname "the <a href="/wiki/Pasha" title="Pasha">pasha</a>" or "the lion".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDe_Vos200193_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDe_Vos200193-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Luc De<span class="nowrap"> </span>Vos, a historian, "it was [...] indisputably Piron who played the major role in transforming the unit into a well-oiled military machine".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDe_Vos200196_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDe_Vos200196-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Brigade Piron was deployed to France in August 1944 following the <a href="/wiki/Normandy_Landings" class="mw-redirect" title="Normandy Landings">Normandy Landings</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012_2-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although it was kept in reserve for most of the campaign, the unit was deployed in combat in Normandy alongside the British <a href="/wiki/6th_Airborne_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="6th Airborne Division (United Kingdom)">6th Airborne Division</a> and, later, the <a href="/wiki/Guards_Armoured_Division" title="Guards Armoured Division">Guards Armoured Division</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012_2-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENouvelle_Biographie_Nationale1988_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENouvelle_Biographie_Nationale1988-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among other operations, the unit liberated the French town of <a href="/wiki/Honfleur" title="Honfleur">Honfleur</a> on 25 August. It was also involved in the <a href="/wiki/Liberation_of_Belgium" title="Liberation of Belgium">Liberation of Belgium</a> in September 1944 and entered Brussels on 4<span class="nowrap"> </span>September, the day after the arrival of the first British troops.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012_2-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The brigade was then moved to <a href="/wiki/Limburg_(Netherlands)" title="Limburg (Netherlands)">Dutch Limburg</a>, where it participated in heavy fighting until November.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENouvelle_Biographie_Nationale1988_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENouvelle_Biographie_Nationale1988-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the Liberation, Piron became <a href="/wiki/Aide_de_camp" class="mw-redirect" title="Aide de camp">aide de camp</a> to <a href="/wiki/Prince_Charles,_Count_of_Flanders" title="Prince Charles, Count of Flanders">Charles, Count of Flanders</a>, who became <a href="/wiki/Prince_regent" title="Prince regent">prince regent</a> in 1944 and commander of the 2nd Infantry Regiment.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012_2-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Piron was promoted to the rank of <a href="/wiki/Major_general" title="Major general">major general</a> in December 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012_2-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-war_career">Post-war career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jean-Baptiste_Piron&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Post-war career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While still serving as aide to the prince regent, Piron was promoted to command the <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Forces_in_Germany" title="Belgian Forces in Germany">Belgian Army of Occupation</a> (<i>Armée belge d'occupation</i>, or ABO; <i>Belgische Bezettingsleger</i>, BBL) in <a href="/wiki/Allied-occupied_Germany" title="Allied-occupied Germany">Allied-occupied Germany</a> in March 1946.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENouvelle_Biographie_Nationale1988_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENouvelle_Biographie_Nationale1988-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was subsequently promoted to the rank of <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_general" title="Lieutenant general">lieutenant general</a> in December 1947.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012_2-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Piron enjoyed the role but was dismissed in 1951 after falling out with the Belgian Minister of Defence <a href="/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_De_Greef" title="Eugène De Greef">Eugène De Greef</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENouvelle_Biographie_Nationale1988_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENouvelle_Biographie_Nationale1988-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was transferred to head the Belgian Army's <a href="/wiki/General_staff" class="mw-redirect" title="General staff">general staff</a>, but Piron resented the move.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENouvelle_Biographie_Nationale1988_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENouvelle_Biographie_Nationale1988-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He became aide to the prince regent's successor, <a href="/wiki/Baudouin_of_Belgium" title="Baudouin of Belgium">King Baudouin</a>, in 1951.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012_2-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1954 he was given a post as president of the Superior Council of the Armed Forces (<i>Conseil supérieur des Forces armées</i>, or CSFA) but still resented being transferred from the army in Germany.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012_2-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENouvelle_Biographie_Nationale1988_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENouvelle_Biographie_Nationale1988-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Piron finally retired from the military in 1957.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012_2-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He published a memoir in 1969.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENouvelle_Biographie_Nationale1988_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENouvelle_Biographie_Nationale1988-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He died of a <a href="/wiki/Heart_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="Heart attack">heart attack</a> in his home in <a href="/wiki/Uccle" title="Uccle">Uccle</a>, a suburb of Brussels, on the morning of 4<span class="nowrap"> </span>September 1974 after participating in the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of Brussels' Liberation.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENouvelle_Biographie_Nationale1988_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENouvelle_Biographie_Nationale1988-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publications">Publications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jean-Baptiste_Piron&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Publications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Souvenirs 1913–1945</i> (Brussels: Renaissance du Livre, 1969).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012_2-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENouvelle_Biographie_Nationale1988_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENouvelle_Biographie_Nationale1988_1-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENouvelle_Biographie_Nationale1988_1-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENouvelle_Biographie_Nationale1988_1-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFNouvelle_Biographie_Nationale1988">Nouvelle Biographie Nationale 1988</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012_2-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012_2-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012_2-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012_2-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012_2-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012_2-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012_2-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012_2-13"><sup><i><b>n</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012_2-14"><sup><i><b>o</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012_2-15"><sup><i><b>p</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012_2-16"><sup><i><b>q</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012_2-17"><sup><i><b>r</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012_2-18"><sup><i><b>s</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012_2-19"><sup><i><b>t</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012_2-20"><sup><i><b>u</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDictionnaire_des_Wallons2012">Dictionnaire des Wallons 2012</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEVan_den_Dungen2010247–8-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVan_den_Dungen2010247–8_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a 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