The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Marshal of France Philippe-François-Marie-Jacques Leclerc de Hauteclocque

Leclerc de Hauteclocque, Philippe-François-Marie-Jacques

Marshal of France

* 22nd of November 1902

† 28th of November 1947

Promotions

1940-11-25 Temporary Colonel
1941-05-25 Colonel
1941-08-10 Temporary Brigadier-General
1942-04-15 Brigadier-General
1943-05-25 Major-General
1945-04-08 Lieutenant-General (Dated back to 1945-03-25)
1946-07-14 General
1952-08-23 Marshal of France (Posthumously)

Service

1940-08-27 1940-12-01 Military Governor of Cameroon
1940-12-01 1941-08-10 Military Commander in Chad
1940-12-01 1941-08-10 Commanding Officer Senegalese Tirailleurs Regiment
1941-08-10 1942-06-01 General Officer Commanding French Equatorial Africa
1942-06-01 1943-05-15 General Officer Commanding Force L
1943-05-15 1943-09-01 General Officer Commanding 2nd Free Fren Division
1943-09-01 1945-02-20 General Officer Commanding 2nd Armoured Division
1945-02-20 1945-08-18 General Officer Commanding III Corps
1945-08-18 1946-05-31 Head of the French Military Mission, South-East Asia Command 18.08.45-12.07.46: General Officer Commanding Forces Francaises Extréme Orient
1946-07-12 1947-04-12 Inspector of Land Forces in North Africa
1947-04-12 1947-11-28 Inspector of the Armed Forces in North Africa
1947-07-10 1947-11-28 Member of the Supreme National Defence Council
1947-11-28 Killed in an air crash
Picture source: Courtesy of Musée de l'Ordre de la Libération, Paris