The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General Augustin-Léon Guillaume

Guillaume, Augustin-Léon

General

* 20th of July 1895

† 9th of March 1983

Promotions

1939-03-25 Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-03-25 Colonel
1943-06-01 Temporary Brigadier-General
1944-11-25 Temporary Major-General
1945-09-01 Brigadier-General (Dated back to 1943-06-01)
1945-09-01 Major-General (Dated back to 1944-11-25)
1946-04-20 Lieutenant-General (Dated back to 1946-03-25)
1951-09-01 General

Service

1939-09-02 1940-04-15 Head of Political Bureau, North African Theatre of Operations
1940-04-15 1940-07-31 Deputy Chief of Staff, North African Theatre of Operations
1940-07-31 1940-08-19 Attached to the Inspectorate-General of North Africa
1940-08-19 1940-10-21 At the disposal of the Resident-General in Morocco
1940-10-21 1941-05-01 Deputy Director of Political Affairs, French Residency in Morocco
1941-05-01 1943-06-10 Director of Political Affairs, French Residency in Morocco
1943-06-10 1943-07-01 Commanding Officer Moroccan Tabors Groups "Organisation"
1943-07-01 1944-09-01 Commanding Officer Moroccan Tabors Groups
1944-09-01 1945-07-27 General Officer Commanding 3rd Algerian Division
1945-07-27 1947-08-22 Military Attaché to Soviet Union
1947-08-26 1947-10-22 On leave
1947-10-22 1948-04-27 Deputy Inspector-General of the Army
1948-04-27 1950-06-24 Deputy Commander in Chief of French Forces in Germany
1948-04-27 1950-06-24 General Officer Commanding French Occupation Forces in Germany
1948-12-15 1951-12-31 Member of the Supreme War Council
1950-06-24 1951-08-28 Commander in Chief of French Forces in Germany
1951-05-18 1955-12-31 Member of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces
1951-08-28 1954-06-04 Inspector of Land, Naval and Air Forces in North Africa
1951-10-01 1954-06-04 Resident-General of Morocco
1954-06-04 1956-03-02 Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces
1954-06-04 1956-03-02 President of NATO's Chief of Staffs' Committee
1956-03-01 1956-07-01 On leave
1956-07-01 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley