The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Jacques-Émile-Louis-Léon Humbert

Humbert, Jacques-Émile-Louis-Léon

Lieutenant-General

* 11th of July 1895

† 9th of January 1975

Promotions

1936-06-25 Lieutenant-Colonel
1939-12-31 Colonel
1942-08-20 Brigadier-General
1946-08-20 Major-General

Service

1939-09-02 1939-10-11 Deputy Chief of Staff, 1st Army Group
1939-10-11 1940-06-07 Chief of Staff, 1st Army Group
1940-06-07 1940-06-18 Chief of Military Cabinet to the Under-Secretary of State for War
1940-06-18 1940-06-21 Attached to 1st Army Group
1940-06-21 1940-08-23 Chief of Staff, 14th Military Region
1940-08-23 1942-03-14 Commanding Officer 159th Infantry Regiment
1942-03-14 1942-09-01 Commanding Officer Department Isère
1942-09-01 1942-11-10 Deputy General Officer Commanding 14th Military Division
1942-11-10 1942-11-30 Commanding Officer Corsican Defences
1942-11-10 1942-11-30 Commanding Officer Department Corse
1942-11-30 1943-03-01 On leave
1943-03-01 1943-11-15 Armistice leave
1943-11-15 1944-08-24 Unemployed
1944-08-24 1945-02-09 Commanding Officer Sub-Division Grenoble
1945-02-09 1945-04-19 At disposal of General Officer Commanding 1st Army
1945-04-19 1945-07-28 At disposal of the French Military Mission for German Affairs
1945-07-28 1946-04-08 Deputy Director-General of Disarmament Control, French Zone [Germany]
1946-04-08 1950-08-09 Director-General of Disarmament Control, French Zone [Germany]
1950-08-09 1951-03-01 General Officer Commanding Mountain Group
1951-03-01 1952-07-23 General Officer Commanding 27th Alpine Infantry Division
1952-07-23 1954-01-01 General Officer Commanding Alpine Defence Sector
1954-01-01 Retired