Alexis Tendil

In October 1918 Tendil intercepted a message from the Germany High Command which informed the then-Pope Benedict XV of the imminent intention of the German forces to capitulate.^[2]

He informed the French command of his discovery and a planned, massive offensive by the French army was postponed.^{[citation needed]}

After the war, although returning to his ordinary job as an electrician, Tendil became something of a hero being rightly accredited, by his actions, with preventing the deaths of many more soldiers.^{[citation needed]}