Victor Bourret (22 September 1877 – 5 August 1949) was a French general and military administrator. Born on 22 September 1877 in Bastia on Corsica, he was the son of a gendarme. He joined up in 1895 and attended the École Nationale des Sous-Officiers d’Active in Saint-Maixent-l'École in 1900 and the École Militaire in 1913. He served in World War I working on various staffs. After the war he wrote a monograph about the fall of France entitled "The Tragedy of the French Army". He died on 5 August 1949 in Cérans-Foulletourte.