The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Paul-Jean Bergeron

Bergeron, Paul-Jean

Lieutenant-General

* 21st of October 1890

† 22nd of August 1967

Promotions

1936-06-25 Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-03-25 Colonel
1942-12-25 Brigadier-General
1943-08-25 Temporary Major-General
1945-09-01 Major-General (Dated back to 1943-08-25)
1946-04-20 Lieutenant-General (Dated back to 1946-03-25)

Service

1936-XX-XX Attached to 20th Military Region
1938-08-20 Assistant Professor at École Militaire et d'Application du Génie
1938-08-20 1939-09-02 Professor at École Militaire et d'Application du Génie
1939-09-02 1939-12-02 Chief of Staff, 32nd Infantry Division
1939-12-02 1940-04-22 Director of Engineer Major's Courses
1940-04-22 1940-05-30 Attached to the Inspectorate-General of Engineers
1940-05-30 1940-07-06 Commanding Officer Signals, 10th Army
1940-07-06 Prisoner of War
1940-07-06 Escaped
1940-07-06 1940-09-11 Commanding Officer District Béziers
1940-07-06 1940-09-11 Commanding Officer Group of Engineers Units, 16th Military Region
1940-09-11 1942-06-15 Commanding Officer 19th Engineers Regiment
1942-06-15 1943-06-12 Commanding Officer Sub-Division Tunis
1943-06-12 1943-07-15 General Officer Commanding 2nd Algerian Infantry Division
1943-07-15 1945-09-27 General Officer Commander in Chief Tunisia
1945-09-27 1946-03-04 General Officer Commanding 17th Military Region
1946-03-04 1947-08-30 General Officer Commanding 5th Military Region
1947-07-01 1947-12-31 Member of the Supreme War Council
1947-08-30 1948-01-28 Assistant Chairman of the National Defence Scientific Research Coordinating Committee
1948-01-28 1948-06-18 Chairman of the National Defence Scientific Research Coordinating Committee
1948-12-15 1949-10-24 Member of the Supreme War Council
1949-10-24 Retired