The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General François-Adolphe-Laurent Sevez

Sevez, François-Adolphe-Laurent

Lieutenant-General

* 22nd of November 1891

† 29th of February 1948

Promotions

1935-03-25 Lieutenant-Colonel
1939-08-31 Colonel
1944-06-25 Temporary Major-General
1945-09-01 Major-General (Dated back to 1944-06-25)
1945-12-25 Lieutenant-General

Service

1939-07-07 1940-05-29 Commanding Officer 13th Algerian Tirailleurs Regiment
1940-05-29 1940-06-07 Commanding Officer Elements, 2nd North African Infantry Division
1940-06-07 1940-06-16 Commanding Officer Elements, 1st North African Infantry Division
1940-06-16 1940-06-18 Commanding Officer 32nd Light Division
1940-06-18 1941-10-27 Prisoner of War
1941-10-27 Released
1941-10-27 1942-01-01 Armistice leave
1942-01-01 1942-05-09 Chief of 1st Section, National Defence Staff
1942-05-10 1942-07-01 Attached to the Staff of Coastal Defences, French North Africa
1942-07-01 1943-06-02 Chief of Staff, Coastal Defences, French North Africa
1943-06-03 1943-08-23 Chief of Staff, Land Forces in French North & West Africa
1943-08-24 1943-09-01 Chief of Staff, French Expeditionary Force [Italy]
1943-09-01 1944-12-21 General Officer Commanding 4th Moroccan Mountain Division [Italy]
1944-09-30 1944-11-26 General Officer Commanding Alps Sector
1944-11-26 1945-09-01 General Officer Commanding Mulhouse Sector
1944-12-21 1945-09-01 Deputy Chief of Staff for National Defence
1945-09-01 1946-04-08 General Officer Commanding I Corps
1946-04-08 1946-06-06 Acting Chief of General Staff, National Defence 06.06.46-29.02.48: Acting Commander in Chief French Forces in Germany
1946-06-06 1948-02-29 General Officer Commanding French Occupation Troops in Germany
1948-02-29 Killed in a hunting accident
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