The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Georges-Jean-Eugène Pfister

Pfister, Georges-Jean-Eugène

Major-General

* 9th of August 1893

† 17th of May 1964

Promotions

1941-06-25 Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-03-25 Colonel
1944-10-01 Reverted to Lieutenant-Colonel
1944-12-01 Colonel (Dated back to 1943-03-25)
1944-12-25 Temporary Brigadier-General
1945-09-01 Brigadier-General (Dated back to 1944-12-25)
1946-11-20 Major-General

Service

1938-11-21 1942-01-15 Chief of Organisation & Materiel Section, 1st Bureau, Army General Staff
1942-01-15 1942-11-28 Deputy Head of 1st Bureau, Army General Staff
1942-11-28 Demobilised
1942-12-01 1943-03-01 On leave
1942-12-03 1944-06-06 Deputy Head of the Organisation of Resistance in the Army (O.R.A.), Southern Zone
1944-06-06 1944-09-01 Head of the Organisation of Resistance in the Army (O.R.A.), Southwestern Zone
1944-09-01 1944-12-01 Deputy Commander French Forces of the Interior, Southwestern and Central Zones
1944-09-19 1944-12-01 Commanding Officer 9th Military Region
1944-10-01 1944-12-01 At disposal
1944-12-01 1945-12-17 Deputy Chief of Army General Staff
1945-12-17 1946-11-21 Director of Infantry, Ministry of the Armed Forces
1946-11-21 1948-01-28 Director of Army Personnel, Ministry of the Armed Forces
1948-01-28 1951-12-28 General Officer Commanding 7th Military Region
1951-12-28 1953-02-01 Assistant Inspector-General of Surface Defence, Metropolitan Territory
1953-02-01 1953-06-01 At disposal
1953-06-01 Retired