The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Marshal of France Jean-Joseph-Marie-Gabriel de Lattre de Tassigny

Lattre de Tassigny, Jean-Joseph-Marie-Gabriel de

Marshal of France

* 2nd of February 1889

† 11th of January 1952

Nickname: Le Roi Jean

Promotions

1932-03-24 Lieutenant-Colonel
1935-06-24 Colonel
1939-03-23 Brigadier-General
1941-05-20 Major-General
1942-01-20 Lieutenant-General
1943-11-10 General
1952-01-15 Marshal of France posthumously

Service

1935-XX-XX 1937-09-XX Commanding Officer 151st Infantry Regiment
1938-07-XX 1939-09-02 Chief of Staff, Military-Government of Strasbourg
1939-09-02 1940-01-01 Chief of Staff, 5th Army
1940-01-01 1940-07-XX General Officer Commanding 14th Infantry Division
1940-07-XX 1941-01-20 Commanding Officer Department Puy-de-Dôme
1941-01-20 1941-09-XX Assistant General Officer Commanding 13th Military Division
1941-09-XX 1942-01-20 General Officer Commander in Chief Tunisia
1942-01-20 1942-11-11 General Officer Commanding 16th Military Division
1942-11-11 1943-09-02 Arrested
1943-09-02 Escapes to London
1944-07-23 1945-05-08 General Officer Commanding 1st Army
1945-05-08 1945-07-XX General Officer Commanding French Army of the Rhine [Germany]
1945-05-XX 1945-12-XX Inspector-General of the Army
1945-11-29 1947-03-11 Chief of the Army General Staff
1945-12-XX 1948-10-XX Inspector-General of the Armed Forces
1948-10-XX 1950-12-XX Commander in Chief Western European Union Forces
1950-12-07 1952-01-11 High Commissioner of French Indochina
1950-12-07 1952-01-11 Commander in Chief Far East
Picture source: http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar