The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Pierre-Armand-Gaston Billotte

Billotte, Pierre-Armand-Gaston

Major-General

* 8th of March 1906

† 29th of June 1992

Promotions

1941-12-25 Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-12-25 Temporary Colonel
1944-09-05 Temporary Brigadier-General
1945-09-01 Colonel (Dated back to 1942-12-25)
1945-09-01 Brigadier-General (Dated back to 1944-09-05)
1946-03-05 Major-General

Service

1942-05-13 1943-05-29 Chief of Staff to General de Gaulle
1943-05-29 1944-07-04 Secretary of the Committee for National Defence
1944-07-04 1944-09-27 Deputy General Officer Commanding 2nd Free French Armoured Division
1944-09-27 Commanding Officer V Tactical Group
1944-09-27 1945-12-03 General Officer Commanding 10th Infantry Division
1945-12-03 1946-03-18 Assistant Chief of the National Defence Staff
1946-03-18 1950-01-23 Head of the French Delegation, Chief of Staffs Committee, United Nations
1950-02-04 Retired
1955-10-06 1956-02-01 Minister of National Defence
1966-01-XX 1968-05-XX Minister of Overseas Territories
Picture source: Courtesy of Musée de l'Ordre de la Libération, Paris