The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Brigadier-General Louis-Ferdinand Bourguignon

Bourguignon, Louis-Ferdinand

Brigadier-General

* 17th of October 1880

† 8th of December 1957

Promotions

1926-03-25 Lieutenant-Colonel
1932-09-25 Colonel
1937-09-18 Brigadier-General

Service

1926-03-25 1932-03-21 Attached to 503r Armoured
1932-03-21 1932-09-25 Temporary Commanding Officer 502nd Armoured Regiment
1932-09-25 1936-06-20 Commanding Officer 502nd Armoured Regiment
1936-06-20 1937-04-07 Chairman of the Commission for Reception of Material
1937-04-07 1937-09-25 Temporary Commanding Officer 5th Armoured Brigade
1937-09-25 1938-09-02 Commanding Officer 5th Armoured Brigade
1939-09-02 1940-08-19 Commanding Officer Tanks, 2nd Army
1940-08-20 Retired
1944-04-03 Arrested by the Germans
1944-04-03 1945-05-11 Imprisoned
1945-05-11 Liberated by the Americans
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