The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Jean-Charles-Marie-Joseph Gross

Gross, Jean-Charles-Marie-Joseph

Major-General

* 2nd of November 1889

† 27th of February 1965

Promotions

1938-03-25 Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-03-25 Colonel
1943-08-25 Temporary Brigadier-General
1945-09-01 Brigadier-General (Dated back to 1943-08-25)
1949-02-09 Major-General (Dated back to 1946-07-01)

Service

1933-XX-XX 1939-XX-XX Chief of Staff, Supreme War Council
1939-09-02 1940-07-31 Deputy Chief of Staff, North African Theatre of Operations
1940-07-31 1940-08-20 Attached to the Inspectorate-General of North Africa
1940-08-20 1941-04-15 Attached to the Armistice Services North Africa
1941-04-15 1942-01-10 Director of Armistice Services in North Africa
1942-01-10 1943-08-05 Commanding Officer 1st Zouaves Regiment
1943-08-05 1943-08-27 Commanding Officer Sub-Division Alger [Algeria]
1943-08-27 1944-03-25 Commanding Officer Sub-Division Mostaganem [Algeria]
1944-03-25 1944-08-04 Commanding Officer Military Base 901 (Naples) [Italy]
1944-08-04 1944-08-15 Commanding Officer Base Command, Army B
1944-08-04 1945-02-06 Commanding Officer Base Command, 1st Army
1945-02-06 1945-03-26 Acting General Officer Commanding Levant
1945-03-26 1946-06-15 Commanding Officer Lebanese Territorial Region, Lebanese Troops & Coastal Division
1946-06-15 1946-06-16 At disposal
1946-06-16 Retired