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Pages in category "French Army generals of World War II" The following 50 pages are in this category, out of 50 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
French Army generals of World War II (50 P) Pages in category "French generals" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 947 total.
Pages in category "French military personnel of World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 322 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Commanders of World War II were for the most part career officers.They were forced to adapt to new technologies and forged the direction of modern warfare. Some political leaders, particularly those of the principal dictatorships involved in the conflict, Adolf Hitler (Germany), Benito Mussolini (Italy), and Hirohito (Japan), acted as dictators for their respective countries or empires.
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle [a] [b] (22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Republic from 1944 to 1946 to restore democracy in France.
List of French generals of the Peninsular War; S. ... List of World War II aces from France This page was last edited on 5 August 2022, at 13:11 (UTC). Text ...
Maurice Gustave Gamelin (French pronunciation: [mɔʁis ɡystav ɡamlɛ̃]; 20 September 1872 [1] – 18 April 1958 [2]) was a French general.He is remembered for his disastrous command (until 17 May 1940) of the French military during the Battle of France in World War II and his steadfast defence of republican values.
Charles de Gaulle, heroic World War II general, commander of the Free French Forces, French president; Valéry Giscard d'Estaing; François Guizot, Prime Minister; Gisèle Halimi, lawyer and feminist activist; François Hollande, former PS (Socialist Party) leader, former French president (15 May 2012 – 14 May 2017) Jean Jaurès, politician ...