The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Georges-Jean-Émile-René Chadebec de Lavalade

Chadebec de Lavalade, Georges-Jean-Émile-René

Major-General

* 26th of March 1881

† 10th of April 1967

Promotions

1928-03-25 Lieutenant-Colonel
1931-03-25 Colonel
1934-06-08 Brigadier-General
1939-06-23 Major-General

Service

1928-03-25 1928-10-22 Student Professor at École Supérieure de Guerre
1928-10-22 1929-07-25 Assistant Professor at École Supérieure de Guerre
1929-XX-XX 1931-XX-XX Chief of Staff, Division Cochinchine-Cambodge [Indochina]
1933-11-25 Commanding Officer 10th Colonial Artillery Regiment
1933-11-25 1934-06-08 Attending the Centre des Hautes Études Militaire
1934-06-10 Appointed Commanding Officer Artillery, 2nd Senegalese Colonial Division
1934-07-05 Appointment Cancelled
1934-07-05 1934-09-12 At disposal
1934-09-12 1936-09-23 Commanding Officer 3rd West African Brigade
1937-01-29 1937-02-11 On leave
1937-03-XX 1938-07-28 Member of the Advisory Committee on Colonial Defence
1938-07-28 1941-03-26 Head of the French Military Mission to Brazil
1941-03-26 Retired
1943-02-20 Recalled
1943-02-20 1943-06-07 In reserve
1943-06-07 1944-01-23 General Officer Commander in Chief Levant
1944-01-23 1944-05-03 In reserve
1944-05-03 1944-08-25 Chairman of the Decorations Review Commission
1944-08-25 1945-01-26 General Officer Commanding 15th Military Region
1945-01-26 1946-07-06 At disposal
1946-03-15 Retired
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