The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Auguste-Marie Brossin de Saint-Didier

Brossin de Saint-Didier, Auguste-Marie

Major-General

* 30th of January 1888

† 8th of March 1971

Promotions

1935-03-24 Lieutenant-Colonel
1939-03-24 Colonel
1942-12-10 Brigadier-General
1944-02-07 Major-General (Local)
1944-12-25 Temporary Major-General

Service

1938-XX-XX Attached to Centre des Hautes Études Militaires
1939-09-02 1940-03-24 Commanding Officer 4th Reconnaissance Group
1940-03-24 1940-04-08 Member of French Military Mission to Polish Forces
1940-04-08 1940-06-20 Attached to the General Officer Commanding 2nd Polish Infantry Division
1940-06-20 1941-01-21 Interned in Switzerland
1941-01-21 1941-07-15 At disposal
1941-07-15 1941-12-20 Commanding Officer 2nd Cavalry Brigade
1941-12-20 1942-11-13 Chief of Staff, French Delegation to the Armistice Service in North Africa
1942-11-13 1943-01-15 Chief of the Military Section to the High-Commissioner for French Africa
1943-01-15 1943-06-02 Commanding Officer 1st Armoured Brigade
1943-06-02 1944-02-06 General Officer Commanding 3rd Armoured Division
1944-02-06 1946-01-01 Head of the French Military Mission to Washington
1946-01-01 1946-08-01 Military Attaché to USA
1946-08-01 Retired