The Generals of WWII
Generals from France
Gamelin, Maurice-Gustave
General
* 20th of September 1872
† 18th of April 1958
Promotions
| 1914-11-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1916-04-04 | Colonel |
| 1916-12-11 | Temporary Brigadier-General |
| 1919-09-23 | Brigadier-General |
| 1925-12-03 | Major-General |
| 1927-11-12 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1931-02-09 | General |
Service
| 1914-03-23 | – | 1915-07-XX | Chief of Cabinet to the Commander in Chief Northern & North-Eastern Theatre of Operations |
| 1915-07-XX | – | 1916-02-03 | Chief of 3rd Bureau, General Headquarters |
| 1916-02-03 | – | 1916-03-01 | Commanding Officer 3rd Chasseurs Brigade |
| 1916-03-01 | – | 1916-11-20 | Commanding Officer 2nd Chasseurs Brigade |
| 1916-11-20 | – | 1916-12-11 | Commanding Officer Infantry, 47th Infantry Division |
| 1916-12-11 | – | 1916-12-19 | General Officer Commanding 168th Infantry Division |
| 1916-12-19 | – | 1916-12-26 | Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief of the French Armies |
| 1917-01-01 | – | 1917-05-07 | Chief of Staff, Reserve Army Group |
| 1917-05-07 | – | 1919-01-12 | General Officer Commanding 9th Infantry Division |
| 1919-01-12 | – | 1919-02-01 | Commanding Officer 51st Infantry Brigade |
| 1919-02-01 | – | 1919-02-04 | At disposal |
| 1919-02-04 | – | 1925-01-10 | Head of the French Military Mission to Brazil |
| 1925-01-10 | – | 1925-04-14 | At disposal |
| 1925-04-14 | – | 1925-08-05 | Attached to 2nd Bureau, Army General Staff |
| 1925-08-05 | – | 1925-09-02 | Attached to the Staff of General Gourau as Member of the Supreme War Council |
| 1925-09-02 | – | 1925-12-02 | General Officer Commanding the Troops in the Levant |
| 1925-09-02 | – | 1925-12-02 | Assistant High-Commissioner in Syria |
| 1925-12-02 | – | 1928-12-15 | Commander in Chief Levant |
| 1929-02-19 | – | 1930-01-02 | General Officer Commanding 20th Military Region |
| 1930-01-02 | – | 1931-02-09 | First Deputy Chief of the Army General Staff |
| 1931-02-09 | – | 1940-05-19 | Chief of the Army General Staff |
| 1931-02-09 | – | 1935-01-21 | Member of Supreme War Council |
| 1935-01-21 | – | 1939-09-02 | Vice President of Supreme War Council |
| 1938-01-21 | – | 1940-05-19 | Chief of National Defence Staff |
| 1939-09-02 | – | 1940-05-19 | Commander in Chief of Land & Air Forces |
| 1939-09-02 | – | 1940-05-19 | Commander in Chief Allied Forces in France |
| 1940-05-19 | Retired | ||
| 1942-XX-XX | Accused in Riom Trail | ||
| 1943-04-05 | – | 1945-05-07 | Arrested by the Germans |
Picture source: Courtesy by Frederic Dumait