The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Yves-Marie-Jacques-Guillaume de Boisboissel

Boisboissel, Yves-Marie-Jacques-Guillaume de

Lieutenant-General

* 7th of May 1886

† 17th of February 1960

Promotions

1929-09-25 Lieutenant-Colonel
1938-10-01 Brigadier-General
1941-02-20 Major-General
1942-12-25 Lieutenant-General

Service

1933-XX-XX Chief of Staff, French East Africa
1936-XX-XX Commanding Officer 21st Colonial Infantry Regiment
1936-03-09 1936-03-23 Attending the Centre d'Études Tactiques Interarmes
1936-03-30 1936-04-03 Attending the École de Liaison et Transmissions
1937-XX-XX Staff Officer, Colonial Troops in France
1938-05-05 1941-02-11 Commanding Officer Infantry, Division Cochinchine-Cambodge
1940-10-25 1941-01-22 Commanding Officer Cambodia
1941-05-25 1941-10-15 On leave
1941-10-15 1942-11-16 Assistant General Officer Commanding 19th Military Region
1942-11-16 1943-06-01 General Officer Commanding 19th Military Region
1943-03-01 1945-05-07 Commander in Chief French West Africa
1945-05-07 Retired
Picture source: http://www.boisboissel.fr/allimages/XX/yves_general.jpg