The Generals of WWII
Generals from France
Béthouart, Marie-Emil-Antoine
General
* 17th of December 1889
† 17th of October 1982
Promotions
| 1937-12-25 | Colonel |
| 1940-04-15 | Temporary Brigadier-General |
| 1941-04-15 | Brigadier-General |
| 1942-12-24 | Major-General |
| 1943-11-10 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1949-01-12 | General (Dated back to 1948-12-18) |
Service
| 1934-08-10 | – | 1938-XX-XX | Military Attaché to Yugoslavia |
| 1939-06-21 | – | 1940-02-08 | Commanding Officer 5th Mountain Demi-Brigade |
| 1940-02-08 | – | 1940-04-15 | Commanding Officer High Mountain Brigade |
| 1940-04-15 | – | 1940-07-31 | General Officer Commanding 1st Light Chasseurs Division [Norway] |
| 1940-05-31 | – | 1940-06-16 | General Officer Commanding French Expeditionary Forces in Norway |
| 1940-09-01 | – | 1941-04-20 | Commanding Officer Sub-Division Rabat [Morocco] |
| 1941-04-20 | – | 1942-01-25 | Head of the French Delegation to the German Armistice Commission in Morocco |
| 1942-01-25 | – | 1942-11-08 | General Officer Commanding Territorial Division Casablanca [Morocco] |
| 1942-11-08 | – | 1942-11-14 | Arrested by the Vichy Government |
| 1942-11-14 | Liberated by the Allies | ||
| 1942-12-24 | – | 1943-11-10 | Head of the French Military Mission to USA |
| 1943-11-10 | – | 1944-03-02 | At disposal of the General Officer Commander in Chief Algeria |
| 1944-03-02 | – | 1944-08-07 | Chief of the National Defence Staff |
| 1944-08-07 | – | 1944-08-31 | Chief of Staff, 1st Army |
| 1944-08-31 | – | 1945-07-08 | General Officer Commanding I Corps |
| 1945-07-08 | – | 1950-10-01 | General Officer Commanding French Occupation Troops in Austria |
| 1946-11-09 | – | 1950-10-01 | French High Commissioner in Austria |
| 1949-12-18 | Retired, but remained employed | ||
| 1950-10-01 | Retired |
Picture source: Courtesy by Frederic Dumait