The Generals of WWII
Generals from France
Billotte, Gaston-Henri-Gustave
General
* 10th of February 1875
† 25th of May 1940
Promotions
| 1915-07-02 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1916-08-11 | Colonel |
| 1919-03-15 | Temporary Brigadier-General |
| 1920-07-11 | Brigadier-General |
| 1927-04-09 | Major-General |
| 1930-06-14 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1933-11-04 | General |
Service
| 1915-05-07 | – | 1917-01-31 | Attached to 3rd Bureau, General Headquarters |
| 1917-01-31 | – | 1917-09-15 | Head of 3rd Bureau, Advanced General Headquarters |
| 1917-09-15 | – | 1918-01-09 | Assistant Commanding Officer Infantry, 40th Infantry Division |
| 1918-01-09 | – | 1919-02-XX | Commanding Officer Infantry, 32nd Infantry Division |
| 1919-02-XX | – | 1919-03-15 | Temporary Commanding Officer 64th Infantry Brigade |
| 1919-03-15 | – | 1920-02-01 | Attached to the French Military Mission in Poland |
| 1920-02-01 | – | 1920-12-02 | Chief of Staff, French Military Mission in Poland |
| 1920-12-01 | – | 1921-02-09 | On leave |
| 1921-02-09 | – | 1921-06-09 | Commanding Officer 1st Tunisian Infantry Brigade [Tunisia] |
| 1921-02-09 | – | 1921-06-09 | Commanding Officer Sub-Division Tunis [Tunisia] |
| 1921-06-09 | – | 1924-11-26 | General Officer Commanding 2nd Division of the Levant |
| 1924-11-26 | – | 1925-05-06 | On leave |
| 1925-05-06 | – | 1926-03-23 | At disposal in Morocco |
| 1926-03-23 | – | 1936-12-16 | At disposal in the Levant |
| 1926-12-16 | – | 1927-04-09 | On leave |
| 1927-04-09 | – | 1927-12-02 | Chief of Staff, Colonial Troops |
| 1927-12-02 | – | 1929-05-05 | General Officer Commanding 10th Infantry Division |
| 1929-05-05 | – | 1930-06-14 | General Officer Commanding 3rd Colonial Infantry Division |
| 1930-06-14 | – | 1932-12-29 | Commander in Chief Indochina |
| 1932-12-29 | – | 1933-11-04 | At disposal |
| 1933-11-04 | – | 1939-09-02 | Member of the Supreme War Council |
| 1936-02-04 | – | 1938-04-01 | President of the Advisory Committee on Colonial Defence |
| 1937-11-17 | – | 1939-09-02 | Military-Governor of Paris |
| 1939-09-02 | – | 1940-05-23 | Commander in Chief 1st Army Group |
| 1940-05-23 | Killed in a car crash |
Picture source: Courtesy by Frederic Dumait