The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Marie-Cyrille-Victor Debeney

Debeney, Marie-Cyrille-Victor

Major-General

* 26th of April 1891

† 1st of March 1956

Promotions

1933-12-25 Lieutenant-Colonel
1937-06-24 Colonel
1940-06-01 Temporary Brigadier-General
1940-09-01 Reverted to Colonel
1941-02-20 Brigadier-General
1942-08-20 Major-General

Service

1935-XX-XX 1937-XX-XX Professor at École Supérieure de Guerre
1938-10-21 1940-01-18 Commanding Officer 129th Infantry Regiment
1940-01-18 1940-05-28 Commanding Officer Infantry, 30th Alpine Infantry Division
1940-05-28 1940-06-29 General Officer Commanding 238th Light Division
1940-06-29 1940-08-20 Commanding Officer Sub-Division Annecy
1940-08-20 1940-11-10 Assistant to the General Officer Commanding 7th Military Region
1940-11-10 1941-08-01 Assistant to the General Officer Commanding 14th Military Division
1941-08-01 1942-01-15 Director of Infantry, Ministry of War
1942-01-15 1942-05-09 Assistant Inspector-General of Infantry
1942-05-09 1942-12-04 Inspector-General of Infantry
1942-12-04 1943-04-16 In reserve
1943-03-16 1944-08-18 Director of Armistice Services, Ministry of War
1944-08-18 1945-04-26 Chief of the General-Secretary to Marshal Pétain
1945-04-26 Arrested
1946-03-08 Dismissed from the Army
1952-05-29 Reinstated in the Army