The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Gustave-Marie-Maurice Mesny

Mesny, Gustave-Marie-Maurice

Major-General

* 28th of March 1886

† 19th of January 1945

Promotions

1937-12-25 Colonel
1940-06-01 Temporary Brigadier-General
1940-09-01 Reverted to Colonel
1941-05-20 Conditional Brigadier-General
1944-08-10 Brigadier-General (Dated back to 1941-05-20)
1944-08-10 Major-General (Dated back to 1942-11-20)

Service

1939-04-21 1939-09-11 Attached to the Staff of 11th Military Region
1939-09-11 1940-06-01 Commanding Officer Infantry, 5th North African Infantry Division
1940-06-01 1940-06-26 General Officer Commanding 5th North African Division
1940-06-26 1945-01-19 Prisoner of War
1945-01-19 Killed by the Germans in Dresden
Picture source: Courtesy of Anonymous