The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Marcel-Jean-Marie Alessandri

Alessandri, Marcel-Jean-Marie

Major-General

* 23rd of July 1895

† 26th of December 1968

Promotions

1936-03-17 Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-03-25 Colonel
1943-05-20 Brigadier-General
1945-03-21 Temporary Major-General
1945-09-02 Major-General (Dated back to 1945-03-21)

Service

1936-XX-XX 1939-XX-XX Professor at the École de Guerre
1939-04-12 1939-11-16 Deputy Chief of Staff, Indochina
1939-11-16 1941-09-17 Chief of Staff, Indochina
1941-09-17 1941-11-12 Commanding Officer 5th Regiment Foreign Legion [Indochina]
1941-11-12 1945-03-21 Commanding Officer 2nd Tonkin Brigade [Indochina]
1945-03-21 1945-06-11 Commanding Officer Column Alessandri
1945-06-11 1945-08-17 General Officer Commanding French Forces in China
1945-08-XX 1945-10-31 Delegate of the High Commissioner to the Northern Zone Indochina
1945-10-31 1946-08-23 General Officer Commanding Cambodia
1946-08-23 1947-01-15 On leave
1947-01-15 1948-05-12 At disposal
1948-05-12 1948-06-10 At disposal of the Commander in Chief Far East
1948-06-10 1949-08-02 General Officer Commanding Land Forces Far East
1949-08-02 1949-09-11 At disposal of the Ministry of France Overseas for Supervision of Land Forces
1949-09-11 1950-12-02 General Officer Commanding Land Forces Northern Vietnam
1949-09-11 1950-12-02 General Officer Commanding Tonkin Operational Zone
1950-12-02 1951-03-27 On leave
1951-03-27 1952-06-24 At disposal
1952-06-24 1955-06-27 Military Advisor to the Vietnamese Government
1955-06-27 1955-08-01 At disposal
1955-08-01 Retired
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