The Generals of WWII
Generals from France
Larminat, René-Marie-Edgar de
General
* 29th of November 1895
† 1st of July 1962
Promotions
| 1935-12-25 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-03-25 | Colonel |
| 1941-07-01 | Temporary Brigadier-General |
| 1941-07-05 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1941-12-25 | Brigadier-General |
| 1942-09-XX | Major-General (Dated back to 1942-07-01) |
| 1943-05-25 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1953-09-01 | General |
Service
| 1938-08-02 | – | 1939-09-02 | Chief of Staff, Levant |
| 1939-09-02 | – | 1940-06-27 | Chief of Staff, Orient Theatre of Operations |
| 1940-06-27 | – | 1940-06-30 | Imprisoned by the Vichy |
| 1940-06-30 | Escaped | ||
| 1940-07-01 | – | 1940-08-28 | Member of the Free French Mission in Near East |
| 1940-08-28 | – | 1940-11-12 | Governor-General of French Equatorial Africa |
| 1940-08-28 | – | 1940-11-12 | General Officer Commanding French Equatorial Africa |
| 1940-11-12 | – | 1941-08-10 | High Commissar of Free French Africa |
| 1940-11-12 | – | 1941-08-10 | General Officer Commanding Free French Africa |
| 1941-08-11 | – | 1941-12-XX | Assistant Plenipotentiary for the States in the Levant |
| 1941-08-11 | – | 1941-12-XX | Assistant Commander in Chief Levant |
| 1941-12-XX | – | 1942-09-12 | Commanding Officer 1st Free French Brigade |
| 1942-09-12 | – | 1943-01-XX | General Officer Commanding Free French Forces in the Western Dessert |
| 1943-01-XX | – | 1943-05-16 | General Officer Commanding 1st Free French Division |
| 1943-05-16 | – | 1943-06-22 | General Officer Commanding Group of Free French Divisions |
| 1943-06-22 | – | 1943-08-20 | Chief of Staff, Free French Forces |
| 1943-08-20 | – | 1943-08-24 | General Officer Commanding Group of Free French Divisions |
| 1943-08-24 | – | 1944-08-31 | General Officer Commanding II Corps [Italy] |
| 1944-05-08 | – | 1944-06-09 | Assistant General Officer Commanding Corps Expéditionnaire Français [Italy] |
| 1944-06-09 | – | 1944-07-04 | General Officer Commanding Pursuit Corps |
| 1944-07-04 | – | 1944-07-23 | Commander of the French Elements attached to the 7th US Army |
| 1944-07-23 | – | 1944-08-15 | Assistant General Officer Commanding Army B |
| 1944-08-15 | – | 1944-08-31 | Assistant General Officer Commanding 1st Army |
| 1944-08-31 | – | 1944-10-14 | At disposal |
| 1944-10-14 | – | 1945-03-01 | General Officer Commanding Western French Forces |
| 1945-03-01 | – | 1945-09-04 | General Officer Commanding Army Detachment Atlantic |
| 1945-09-04 | – | 1945-11-05 | General Officer Commanding III Corps |
| 1945-11-05 | – | 1945-12-18 | Inspector-General of Overseas Forces |
| 1945-12-18 | – | 1946-05-07 | Inspector of the Levant |
| 1946-05-07 | – | 1947-07-07 | Inspector Overseas Land Forces |
| 1947-07-07 | – | 1949-04-15 | At the disposal of the Minister of War |
| 1949-04-15 | – | 1950-01-01 | At the disposal of the Minister of National Defence |
| 1950-01-01 | – | 1956-11-29 | Member of the Supreme War Council |
| 1952-01-01 | – | 1956-01-01 | Member of the Supreme Army council |
| 1955-12-01 | – | 1956-11-29 | Inspector of Colonial Troops |
| 1956-11-29 | Retired | ||
| 1962-06-02 | Recalled | ||
| 1962-06-02 | – | 1962-07-01 | President of the Military Court for the court-martial of the officers behind the rebellion in Algeria |
| 1962-07-01 | Committed suicide |
Picture source: Courtesy of Musée de l'Ordre de la Libération, Paris