The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General Marcel-Maurice Carpentier

Carpentier, Marcel-Maurice

General

* 2nd of March 1895

† 14th of September 1977

Promotions

1940-06-25 Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-06-25 Colonel
1943-08-25 Temporary Brigadier-General
1944-12-25 Temporary Major-General
1945-09-01 Brigadier-General (Dated back to 1943-08-25)
1945-09-01 Major-General (Dated back to 1944-12-25)
1946-11-20 Lieutenant-General
1953-09-01 General

Service

1940-03-11 1940-07-20 Head of 3rd Bureau, Orient Theatre of Operations
1940-07-20 1940-11-30 Attached to the General Officer Commander in Chief Levant
1940-11-30 1941-02-17 Attached to 152nd Infantry Regiment
1941-02-17 1942-03-13 Attached to the Delegate-General in French Africa
1942-03-13 1943-07-20 Commanding Officer 7th Moroccan Tirailleurs Regiment
1943-07-20 1943-08-20 Deputy Chief of Staff, French Expeditionary Corps
1943-08-20 1944-07-23 Chief of Staff, Corps French Expeditionary Corps [Italy]
1944-07-23 1944-08-15 Chief of Staff, Army B
1944-08-15 1944-09-18 Chief of Staff, 1st Army
1944-09-18 1945-04-12 General Officer Commanding 2nd Moroccan Division
1945-04-12 1945-10-13 At disposal
1945-10-13 1946-03-01 General Officer Commanding 15th Military Region
1946-03-01 1949-08-02 General Officer Commander in Chief Morocco
1947-07-01 1950-12-31 Member of the Supreme War Council
1949-08-02 1950-12-31 General Officer Commander in Chief Indochina
1951-02-27 1951-11-21 Deputy Chief of Staff, NATO Forces in Europe
1951-11-21 1952-01-25 Inspector of French Land Forces assigned to NATO
1952-01-01 1956-12-31 Member of the Supreme War Council
1952-01-01 1954-12-31 Member of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces
1952-01-25 1953-08-18 Inspector-General of Infantry
1953-08-18 1956-03-02 Commander in Chief NATO Central Europe
1956-03-02 Retired
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