The Generals of WWII
Generals from France
Legentilhomme
Paul-Louis-Victor-Marie, General
(1884 – 1975)
1929
- 1931
Chief of Staff, 3rd Colonial Division
1937
- 1938
Commanding Officer 4th Senegalese Tirailleurs Regiment
1938
- 1939
Attending the Centre des Hautes Études Militaires
1939
- 1940
General Officer Commanding French Somalia
1939
- 1940
Commander in Chief Allied Forces in Somalia
1941
General Officer Commanding Free French Forces in Sudan & Eritrea
1941
General Officer Commanding 1st Free French Division [Syria]
1941
Commander in Chief Free French Africa
1941
- 1942
National Commissioner of War
1942
- 1943
High Commissioner of the French possessions in the Indian Ocean
1942
- 1943
Governor-General of Madagascar
1942
- 1943
General Officer Commander in Chief Madagascar
1943
Assistant Commissioner of National Defence
1943
Commissioner of National Defence
1943
- 1944
At disposal
1944
- 1945
General Officer Commanding 3rd Military Region
1945
- 1947
Military Governor of Paris
1945
- 1946
General Officer Commanding Paris Military Region
1946
- 1947
General Officer Commanding 1st Military Region
1947
Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Musée de l'Ordre de la Libération, Paris