The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Marshal of France Marie-Joseph-Pierre-François Koenig

Koenig, Marie-Joseph-Pierre-François

Marshal of France

* 10th of October 1898

† 2nd of September 1970

Promotions

1940-11-25 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-12-25 Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-03-06 Colonel (Dated back to 1941-06-25)
1942-03-06 Temporary Brigadier-General (Dated back to 1941-08-12)
1942-06-05 Brigadier-General
1943-05-25 Temporary Major-General
1944-06-25 Lieutenant-General
1945-09-01 Major-General (Dated back to 1943-05.25)
1946-05-20 General
1984-06-06 Marshal of France (Posthumously)

Service

1940-12-XX 1941-01-XX Commanding Officer Cameroon
1941-01-XX 1941-07-XX Chief of Staff, 1st Free French Division [Syria]
1941-07-09 1941-09-XX Chief of Staff, Free French Forces in the Levant
1941-10-22 1942-09-12 Assistant General Officer Commanding 1st Free French Division
1942-09-12 1943-03-18 Commanding Officer 1st Free French Brigade [North Africa]
1943-03-18 1943-10-11 Assistant General Officer Commanding 1st Free French Division [North Africa]
1943-10-11 1944-04-01 Deputy Chief of the General Staff
1944-04-01 1944-08-25 Commander in Chief Free French Forces in Great Britain
1944-04-18 1944-05-01 Military Delegate of the French Committee of National Liberation to the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces
1944-05-01 1944-06-01 Military Delegate of the Provisional Government to the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces
1944-06-01 1944-10-01 Commander in Chief French Forces of the Interior
1944-08-25 1945-07-20 Military-Governor of Paris
1944-08-25 1945-07-20 General Officer Commanding Paris Military Region
1945-07-20 1949-08-10 Commander in Chief French Forces in Germany
1945-07-23 1949-09-21 General Officer Commanding French Army of the Rhine
1948-12-15 1949-12-31 Member of the Supreme War Council
1949-08-10 1949-12-10 At disposal
1949-12-10 1951-08-28 Inspector-General of the Armed Forces in North Africa
1950-01-01 1950-01-31 Member of the Supreme War Council
1950-01-31 1951-12-31 Vice-president of the Supreme War Council
1951-05-18 1951-12-31 Member of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces
1954-06-19 1954-09-03 Minister of National Defence
1955-03-23 1955-10-06 Minister of National Defence
1958-12-10 1959-03-10 On leave
1959-03-10 1959-10-10 at disposal
1959-10-10 Retired
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