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Gustave Marie Maurice Mesny | |
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| Born | 28 March 1886 Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, France |
| Died | 19 January 1945 (aged 58) near Nossen, Nazi Germany |
| Allegiance |  France |
| Service |  French Army |
| Years of service | -1945 |
| Rank | Divisional general (Major General) |
| Commands | 5th North African Infantry Division |
| Battles / wars | Second World War 
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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.