The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General René-Edouard-Joseph Bonnet de la Tour

Bonnet de la Tour, René-Edouard-Joseph

Major-General

* 12th of November 1887

† 16th of April 1976

Promotions

1933-03-24 Lieutenant-Colonel
1937-06-24 Colonel
1941-02-20 Brigadier-General
1942-11-20 Major-General
1944-10-01 Reverted to Brigadier-General
1950-03-17 Major-General (Retired)(Dated back to 1944-11-12)

Service

1930-06-24 1937-XX-XX Staff Officer to General Walch as Member of the Supreme War Council
1938-06-08 1939-09-02 Commanding Officer 504th Armoured Regiment
1939-09-02 1940-01-28 Deputy Chief of Staff, 2nd Army
1940-01-28 1940-07-01 Commanding Officer Tanks, 7th Army
1940-07-01 1940-09-01 At disposal
1940-09-01 1940-11-10 Commanding Officer Sub-Division Limoges
1940-11-10 1940-11-14 Commanding Officer Department Haute-Vienne
1940-11-14 1942-09-01 Commanding Officer Infantry, 16th Military Division
1942-09-01 1942-11-28 Assistant General Officer Commanding 16th Military Division
1942-11-28 1943-03-01 On leave
1943-03-01 1944-08-27 Armistice leave
1944-08-27 1944-11-12 At disposal
1944-11-24 Retired