The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Marie-Joseph-Claude-Pierre-Gaston de Lassus Saint-Geniès

Lassus Saint-Geniès, Marie-Joseph-Claude-Pierre-Gaston de

Lieutenant-General

* 8th of June 1893

† 11th of November 1965

Promotions

1938-03-25 Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-05-05 Temporary Colonel (Dated back to 1941-03-25)
1943-08-09 Colonel (Dated back to 1941-03-25)
1944-08-20 Brigadier-General (Dated back to 1943-02-20)
1945-08-28 Colonel (Dated back to 1942-03-25)
1945-11-05 Brigadier-General (Dated back to 1945-10-01)
1949-08-01 Major-General
1952-04-23 Lieutenant-General

Service

1939-09-02 1940-07-02 Head of the 2nd Bureau, 5th Army
1940-07-02 1945-04-06 Prisoner of War
1945-04-06 1945-06-23
1945-08-02 1945-11-03 Attached to Army General Staff
1945-11-03 1946-03-08 Deputy Chief of the Army General Staff
1946-03-08 1947-01-25 Commanding Officer Combat Command 6, 5th Armoured Division
1947-01-25 1948-06-25 Commanding Officer Troops in Saar
1947-01-25 1948-06-25 Commanding Officer Armoured Group 6
1948-06-25 1950-10-06 General Officer Commanding 1st Armoured Division
1950-10-06 1951-04-02 Chief of Staff, Western European Union Land Forces
1951-04-02 1952-10-01 Chief of Staff, NATO Central European Land Forces
1953-05-18 1953-08-20 Chief of Staff, NATO Central European Land Forces
1953-08-20 Retired