The Generals of WWII
Generals from France
Lattre de Tassigny
Jean-Joseph-Marie-Gabriel de, Marshal of France
(1889 – 1952)
Nickname: Le Roi Jean
1937
Commanding Officer 151st Infantry Regiment
1938
Chief of Staff to the Military Governor of Strassbourg
1939
- 1940
Chief of Staff, 5th Army
1940
General Officer Commanding 14th Infantry Division
1940
- 1941
Commanding Officer Puy-de-Dôme Department
1941
Assistant General Officer Commanding 13th Military Division
1941
- 1942
General Officer Commander in Chief Tunisia
1942
General Officer Commanding 16th Military Division
1942
- 1943
Arrested
1943
Escapes to London
1944
- 1945
General Officer Commanding 1st Army
1945
General Officer Commanding French Army of the Rhine [Germany]
1945
Inspector-General of the Army
1945
- 1947
Chief General Staff Army
1945
- 1948
Inspector-General of the Armed Forces
1948
- 1950
Commander in Chief Western European Union Forces
1950
- 1952
High Commissioner of French Indochina
1950
- 1952
Commander in Chief Far East
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