The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Marshal of France Philippe-François-Marie-Jacques Leclerc de Hauteclocque

Leclerc de Hauteclocque

Philippe-François-Marie-Jacques, Marshal of France

(1902 – 1947)

1940
Military-Governor of Chad & Cameroon
1941
- 1942
Commander in Chief French Equatorial Africa
1943
- 1945
General Officer Commanding 2nd Armored Division
1945
- 1946
Head of the French Military Mission, South-East Asia Command
1945
General Officer Commanding Forces Francaises Extréme Orient
1945
- 1946
Commander in Chief Indochina
1946
- 1947
Inspector-General to the Forces of North Africa
1947
Killed in an air crash
Picture source: Courtesy of Musée de l'Ordre de la Libération, Paris