The Generals of WWII
Generals from France
Desclaux, Jean-Antoine-Gabriel-Alexandre
Major-General
* 27th of October 1874
† 20th of May 1943
Promotions
| 1920-07-11 | Colonel |
| 1925-10-26 | Brigadier-General |
| 1931-05-19 | Major-General |
Service
| 1924-09-04 | – | 1925-11-25 | Chief of Colonial Contingents Services |
| 1925-11-25 | – | 1925-12-01 | At disposal |
| 1925-12-01 | – | 1925-12-11 | Commanding Officer Infantry, 35th Infantry Division |
| 1925-12-11 | – | 1926-04-19 | At disposal |
| 1926-04-19 | – | 1926-07-12 | Member of the Advisory Committee on Colonial Defence |
| 1926-07-12 | – | 1927-11-01 | At disposal of Commander in chief of Levant |
| 1927-11-01 | – | 1928-12-29 | Commanding Officer 2nd Colonial Infantry Brigade |
| 1928-12-29 | – | 1931-01-29 | General Officer Commanding Group French West Africa |
| 1931-01-29 | – | 1931-11-01 | On leave |
| 1931-11-01 | – | 1931-12-03 | At disposal |
| 1931-12-03 | – | 1933-03-20 | General Officer Commanding 1st Senegalese Colonial Division |
| 1933-03-20 | – | 1934-08-10 | General Officer Commanding Indochinese-Malagasy Colonial Group at Toulouse |
| 1934-08-10 | – | 1936-10-27 | General Officer Commanding Mixed Colonial Group at Toulouse |
| 1936-10-27 | Retired | ||
| 1939-09-02 | Retired | ||
| 1939-09-02 | – | 1939-10-20 | General of the Group of Camps of Southwest |
| 1939-10-20 | Retired |