The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Jules-Marcel Avre

Avre, Jules-Marcel

Major-General

* 3rd of August 1890

† 6th of March 1972

Promotions

1935-06-25 Lieutenant-Colonel
1939-12-25 Colonel
1943-06-01 Brigadier-General

Service

1934-11-20 1936-11-04 Attached to Division Tonkin [Indochina]
1936-11-04 1938-01-01 Attached to 41st Colonial Infantry Regiment
1938-01-01 1939-12-25 Attached to 1st Senegalese Colonial Infantry Division
1939-12-25 1940-01-24 Chief of Staff, 1st Senegalese Colonial Infantry Division
1940-01-24 1940-02-01 Acting Commanding Officer Moroccan Colonial Infantry Regiment
1940-02-01 1940-08-06 Commanding Officer Moroccan Colonial Infantry Regiment
1940-08-06 1940-10-01 Attached to 1st Colonial Troops Transition Centre
1940-10-01 1942-02-01 Commanding Officer Sub-Division Dahomey Togo
1940-10-01 1942-03-01 Commanding Officer Senegalese Tirailleurs Regiment Western Dahomey Niger
1941-02-15 1942-03-01 Commanding Officer Dahomey Togo
1942-03-01 1942-10-26 Commanding Officer 1st Brigade, Division Senegal-Mauritania
1942-11-26 1943-02-14 Attached to Sub-Division Marakech [Morocco]
1943-02-14 1943-02-27 Attached to Sub-Division Casablanca [Morocco]
1943-02-27 Commanding Officer Sub-Division Casablanca [Morocco]