The Generals of WWII
Generals from France
Besançon, Fernand-Philippe-Alphonse
Lieutenant-General
* 26th of September 1897
† 23rd of August 1956
Promotions
| 1940-03-25 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1942-06-25 | Colonel |
| 1944-06-25 | Temporary Brigadier-General |
| 1945-09-01 | Brigadier-General (Dated back to 1944-06-25) |
| 1945-12-25 | Major-General |
| 1953-02-01 | Lieutenant-General |
Service
| 1939-08-31 | – | 1940-06-30 | Deputy Chief of 2nd Bureau, General Headquarters |
| 1940-06-30 | – | 1940-08-31 | Deputy Chief of 2nd Bureau, Army General Staff |
| 1940-08-31 | – | 1940-12-13 | Chief of 2nd Bureau, Army General Staff |
| 1940-12-13 | – | 1942-06-01 | Attached to the Inspectorate of Artillery |
| 1942-06-01 | – | 1943-06-20 | Commanding Officer 62nd Artillery Regiment |
| 1943-06-20 | – | 1943-08-30 | Attached to Sub-Division Tunis [Tunisia] |
| 1943-08-30 | – | 1944-02-18 | Attached to the Inspectorate of Artillery |
| 1944-02-18 | – | 1944-09-12 | Commanding Officer Artillery, 3rd Algerian Division |
| 1944-09-12 | – | 1944-11-25 | Hospitalised |
| 1944-11-25 | – | 1944-12-25 | At disposal of the General Officer Commanding II Corps |
| 1944-12-25 | – | 1945-03-01 | General Officer Commanding Artillery, II Corps |
| 1945-03-01 | – | 1945-12-18 | chief of the Military Cabinet, Ministry of War |
| 1945-12-18 | – | 1946-04-05 | General Officer Commanding 3rd Algerian Infantry Division |
| 1946-04-05 | – | 1947-07-15 | General Officer Commanding Divisional Element No. 3 |
| 1947-03-15 | – | 1947-07-15 | General Officer Commanding North Occupation Zone in Germany |
| 1947-07-15 | – | 1950-06-24 | General Officer Commanding Artillery & Anti-Aircraft Forces of Occupation in Germany |
| 1947-09-16 | – | 1950-10-01 | General Officer Commanding Army Zone in Germany |
| 1950-06-24 | – | 1950-08-09 | General Officer Commanding Artillery & Anti-Aircraft, French Forces in Germany |
| 1950-08-09 | – | 1951-12-28 | Assistant Commander in Chief French Forces in Germany |
| 1951-12-28 | – | 1956-08-23 | Inspector-General of Artillery & Anti-Aircraft Forces |
| 1956-01-01 | – | 1956-08-23 | Member of the Supreme War Council |
| 1956-08-23 | Killed in an aircraft crash [Germany] |