The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General Pierre Héring

Héring, Pierre

General

* 23rd of March 1874

† 16th of January 1963

Promotions

1916-12-22 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1917-07-07 Lieutenant-Colonel
1918-09-08 Temporary Colonel
1920-07-11 Colonel
1924-12-19 Brigadier-General
1928-12-07 Major-General
1931-01-05 Lieutenant-General
1935-05-17 General

Service

1917-XX-XX Chief of Staff, Eastern Army Group
1917-04-XX 1918-06-XX Commanding Officer Artillery, 58th Infantry Division
1918-06-XX Commanding Officer Artillery, 71st Infantry Division
1919-04-20 1919-09-05 Commanding Officer
1919-10-22 1922-10-07 Chief of Staff, Army of the Rhine
1922-10-07 1926-XX-XX Chief of Staff, Inspectorate of the Army
1926-02-04 1928-12-14 Commandant of L'École Supérieure de Guerre
1928-12-14 1931-01-05 General Officer Commanding 15th Infantry Division
1931-01-05 1935-05-17 General Officer Commanding 7th Military Region
1935-05-17 1939-03-23 Military Governor of Strasbourg
1935-05-17 1939-03-23 Member of the Supreme War Council
1939-03-23 Retired
1939-08-06 Recalled
1939-09-06 1940-07-31 Military Governor of Paris
1940-06-XX 1940-07-31 General Officer Commanding Army of Paris
1940-07-31 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Frederic Dumait