The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General Jean-Jules-Alexis Callies

Callies, Jean-Jules-Alexis

General

* 7th of August 1896

† 26th of August 1989

Promotions

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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
1950-12-15 Lieutenant-General
1954-09-01 General

Service

1939-09-02 1940-06-05 Chief of Staff, 20th Infantry Division
1940-06-05 1940-06-24 Head of 3rd Bureau, 4th Army Group
1940-06-24 1940-07-19 Chief of Staff, VIII Corps
1940-07-19 1940-08-27 At disposal of General Officer Commanding 7th Military Region
1940-08-24 1940-10-31 Chief of Staff, 6th Infantry Division
1940-10-31 1941-01-15 Commanding Officer 7th Moroccan Tirailleurs Regiment
1941-01-15 1942-10-01 Commanding Officer 8th Moroccan Tirailleurs Regiment
1942-10-01 1942-11-20 Chief of the French Delegation at the German Armistice Commission in Casablanca [Morocco]
1942-12-10 1943-08-18 Commandant of Écoles d'Aspirants de l'Afrique du Nord
1943-08-18 1944-10-12 Commanding Officer Infantry, 2nd Moroccan Division [Italy]
1944-10-12 1945-02-17 General Officer Commanding Pyrenees Front
1945-02-17 1946-02-01 General Officer Commanding 1st Infantry Division
1946-02-01 1948-01-28 Commandant of the École d'Application de l'Infanterie
1948-01-28 1950-04-01 General Officer Commanding Northern French Zone [Germany]
1948-01-28 1950-04-01 General Officer Commanding 3rd Infantry Division [Germany]
1950-04-01 1954-09-01 General Officer Commanding 10th Military Region
1951-01-01 1954-12-31 Member of the Supreme War Council
1954-09-01 1957-08-07 Inspector-General of Armed Forces in North Africa
1954-09-01 1955-12-31 Member of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces
1957-01-01 1957-08-07 Member of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces
1957-08-07 Retired