The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General Charles-Louis-Joseph Belhague

Belhague, Charles-Louis-Joseph

General

* 6th of July 1871

† 25th of May 1942

Promotions

1915-02-22 Lieutenant-Colonel
1917-05-21 Colonel
1920-11-09 Brigadier-General
1925-12-22 Major-General

Service

1914-08-01 1915-03-01 Attached to the Army General Staff
1915-03-01 1915-10-02 Deputy Chief of Staff, 1st Army
1915-10-02 1917-01-09 Commanding Officer 162nd Infantry Regiment
1917-01-09 1917-05-09 Deputy Chief of Staff to the Adjutant-General
1917-05-09 1917-05-28 Chief of Staff, 1st Army
1917-05-28 1918-11-10 Chief of Staff, 5th Army
1918-11-10 1919-04-11 Temporary Commanding Officer Infantry, 73rd Infantry Division
1919-04-11 1919-08-11 Commanding Officer 154th Infantry Brigade
1919-08-11 1922-02-22 Deputy Commandant of École Supérieure de Guerre
1919-08-11 1922-02-22 Director of Teaching, École Supérieure de Guerre
1922-02-22 1922-04-25 Commanding Officer Infantry, 36th Infantry Division
1922-04-25 1925-03-03 Commanding Officer Railway Brigade
1925-03-03 1925-12-22 Temporary Commanding Officer Engineers, Military-Government of Paris
1925-03-03 1925-12-22 Temporary General Officer Commanding Troops & Communication Services, Paris
1925-03-26 1928-12-26 Member of the Technical Engineering Section
1925-12-22 1928-12-26 Commanding Officer Engineers, Military-Government of Paris
1925-12-22 1928-12-26 General Officer Commanding Troops & Communication Services, Paris
1927-05-12 1929-02-04 Member of the Commission for Mixed Public Works
1928-12-26 1936-07-06 Inspector-General of Engineers
1928-12-26 1936-07-06 President of the Technical Engineering Section
1931-11-03 1936-07-06 Member of the Supreme War Council
1936-07-06 Retired
1939-09-02 1939-09-06 Military-Governor of Paris
1939-09-06 1940-01-16 Member of the Commission for Studying Fortified Regions
1940-01-16 Retired
Picture source: From 'Le Petit Parisien', 1940-01-08