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Armand Huyghé de Mahenge
1871–1944
- Nationality
- Belgium
- Occupation
- military personnel
Armand Christophe Huyghé (11 July 1871 â 2 March 1944), later knighted Armand Huyghé de Mahenge, was a Belgian career soldier.
Incarceration history
Facilities
- Buchenwald concentration campDates unknown
Biography
Armand Christophe Huyghé (11 July 1871 â 2 March 1944), later knighted Armand Huyghé de Mahenge, was a Belgian career soldier. He is best known for his service in the Belgian Congo during World War I, where he succeeded Charles Tombeur as commander of the Belgian forces in the East African Campaign in 1917. He commanded the Belgian contingent during the Allied occupation of the Rhineland after the war. During World War II, he was involved in the resistance and, after being captured by the Germans, was deported to Buchenwald concentration camp where he died in 1944.
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