The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General Henri Zeller

Zeller, Henri

General

* 18th of March 1896

† 16th of April 1971

Promotions

1941-03-25 Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-11-25 Colonel
1945-01-18 Temporary Brigadier-General (Dated back to 1944-12-25)
1945-09-01 Brigadier-General (Dated back to 1944-12-25)
1946-08-20 Major-General
1949-06-06 Lieutenant-General
1956-01-01 General

Service

1940-07-01 1942-04-17 Deputy Head of 1st Bureau, Army General Staff
1942-04-17 1942-12-03 Head of 1st Bureau, Army General Staff
1942-12-03 1943-01-31 On leave
1943-01-31 1944-04-30 Head of the Organisation of Resistance in the Army (O.R.A.), Southern Zone
1943-03-01 1944-08-21 Armistice leave
1944-04-30 1944-08-20 Commanding Officer French Forces of the Interior, Alpine Zone
1944-08-21 1944-09-28 Chief of Staff to the Military Delegate, Southern Zone
1944-09-28 1945-11-18 General Officer Commanding 16th Military Region
1945-12-17 1946-10-10 Deputy Chief of Army General Staff
1946-10-10 1947-12-16 Chief of Staff, Inspectorate- General of the Army
1947-12-16 1948-04-28 Chief of the Army General Staff
1948-04-28 1951-08-20 Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces
1951-01-01 1957-12-31 Member of the Supreme War Council
1951-08-20 1953-04-01 Military-Governor of Metz
1951-08-20 1953-04-01 General Officer Commanding 6th Military Region
1953-04-01 1957-04-19 Military-Governor of Paris
1953-05-18 1957-03-18 Inspector-General of Army Reserves
1954-01-28 1954-12-31 Member of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces
1957-03-18 Retired
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