The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General Marcel-Élie Pellet

Pellet, Marcel-Élie

General

* 20th of February 1889

† 4th of November 1965

Promotions

1939-03-23 Brigadier-General
1945-05-03 Major-General (Dated back to 1943-05-20)
1946-10-20 Lieutenant-General

Service

1939-03-10 1939-08-05 Commanding Officer 5th Colonial Infantry Brigade
1939-08-05 1940-05-31 Director of Military Services, Ministry of Colonies
1940-06-21 1940-08-07 Commandinng Officer Sub-Division Rodez
1940-08-07 1940-12-18 General Officer Commanding Division Tonkin [Indochina]
1940-12-18 1942-02-06 Commanding Officer Saigon - Cap Saint-Jacques Base
1940-12-18 1942-02-06 General Officer Commanding Division Cochinchine-Cambodge [Indochina]
1942-02-06 Dismissed from the Army by Vichy
1944-03-21 Recalled
1944-03-21 1944-06-01 In reserve [Indochina]
1944-06-01 1944-10-01 Assistant Director of Civil Defence, Indochina
1944-10-01 1945-03-13 On leave
1944-10-17 Reinstated in the Army (Dated back to 1942-02-06)
1945-03-13 1945-08-28 Prisoner of War [Indochina]
1945-08-28 1946-02-20 On leave
1946-02-20 Retired
1946-05-08 Recalled
1946-05-20 1947-05-30 Director of Military Affairs, Ministry of France Overseas
1947-05-30 1948-02-20 On mission for the Commander in Chief of the Land, Sea & Air Forces assigned to the defense of Madagascar & Dependencies
1948-02-20 Retired
Picture source: From: "Revue des troupes coloniales", 1946, no. 282