The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General Georges-Albert-Julien Catroux

Catroux, Georges-Albert-Julien

General

* 29th of January 1877

† 21st of December 1969

Promotions

1921-06-30 Lieutenant-Colonel
1927-03-25 Colonel
1931-05-24 Brigadier-General
1934-09-11 Major-General
1936-09-16 Lieutenant-General
1940-11-01 General

Service

1921-XX-XX Member of the French Military Mission to Hedjaz [Saudi Arabia]
1923-06-23 Attached to 1st Foreign Legion Regiment
1923-XX-XX 1925-06-13 Military Attaché to Ankara
1925-06-13 1926-01-21 At disposal of the Resident-General of Morocco
1926-01-21 1926-05-07 At disposal of the High Commissioner in Syria
1926-05-07 1927-XX-XX Attached to 21st Tirailleurs Regiment
1927-XX-XX 1928-12-30 Commanding Officer 6th Algerian Tirailleurs Regiment
1928-12-30 1930-05-06 Commanding Officer Ain-Sefra Territories
1930-05-06 1931-05-01 Trainee at 503rd Armoured Regiment
1931-05-01 1931-05-27 At disposal of the Resident-General of Morocco
1931-05-27 1935-12-01 General Commanding Officer Commanding Marrakech Region
1935-12-01 1936-09-16 General Officer Commanding 14th Infantry Division
1936-09-16 1939-01-29 General Officer Commanding XIX Corps [Algeria]
1939-01-29 Retired
1939-08-20 Recalled
1939-08-20 1940-06-25 Governor-General of French Indochina
1941-06-24 1943-06-07 General Officer Commander in Chief Levant
1941-06-24 1943-06-07 High Commissioner of Levant
1943-06-03 1943-11-09 State Commissioner for Foreign Affairs
1943-06-03 1943-11-09 Commissioner for Coordination of Muslim Affairs
1943-06-03 1945-01-13 Governor-General of Algeria
1943-11-09 1944-09-10 Sate Commissioner for Muslim Affairs
1944-08-28 1945-01-13 Delegate-General Commissioner of the Government for North Africa
1944-09-10 1945-01-13 Minister of North Africa
1945-01-13 1948-12-13 Extraordinary Ambassador and Plenipotentiary to Moscow
1948-12-13 1954-10-01 Disposable Ambassador of France
1956-02-01 1956-02-07 Resident Minister of Algeria
Picture source: Courtesy of Musée de l'Ordre de la Libération, Paris