Henri Rol-Tanguy (; 12 June 1908 – 8 September 2002) was a French communist and leader in the Resistance against Nazi Germany in World War II.

After five days of fighting, German General Dietrich von Choltitz notified Colonel Rol that he was ready to negotiate. Alongside Free French general Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, Tanguy accepted and signed the act of surrender on 25 August 1944.

In 2004 he was commemorated at Place Denfert-Rochereau, in Paris, with a plaque renaming a part of the place Avenue du Colonel-Henri-Rol-Tanguy, and the metro station there was sub-titled Colonel Rol-Tanguy.

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Further reading

  • Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre, Is Paris Burning?, New York: Pocket Books, 1965.
  • Order of the Liberation: citation and biography