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The Chief of the Defence Staff (French: Chef d'État-Major des Armées [CEMA]; lit. ' Chief of Staff of the Armies ' ) is the military head of the Armed Forces of the French Republic , overseeing all military operations (under reserve of the particular dispositions relative to nuclear deterrence ).
The Chief of the Army Staff (French: Chef d'état-major de l'armée de terre, [a] CEMAT) [2] is the military head of the French Army. [3] The chief directs the army staff and acts as the principal advisor to the Chief of the Defence Staff on subjects concerning the Army. [4]
General-in-Chief of the French Army of the Alps he get the nicknames "the Horatius Cocles of the Tyrol" by Napoleon and the "Schwarzer Teufel" (Black Devil) by Austrian troops during the Second Italian Campaign. His son, Alexandre Dumas, is one of France's most widely read authors of all time. Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte: 1763–1844 French
In the United States, the title "General in Chief" was used to refer to the commanding general of the United States Army, who was the Army's senior-most officer.Famous generals-in-chief were George Washington, Winfield Scott, Henry Halleck, George McClellan, and Ulysses S. Grant (Washington's title was commander-in-chief during the American Revolution, and he was only called the "Senior ...
Jean-Louis Georgelin and President Nicolas Sarkozy at Bastille Day 2008. After nine years at the Prytanée National Militaire, Georgelin joined Saint-Cyr in 1967. As a lieutenant, he was Chef de Section (Platoon Commander) at the École d'application de l'infanterie (Infantry School) from 1975 to 1976, responsible for the training of non-commissioned officers.
The Chief of the Air and Space Force Staff (French: Chef d'état-major de l'armée de l'air et de l'espace, [a] CEMAAE) [2] is the military head of the French Air and Space Force. [3] The chief directs the air and space force staff and acts as the principal advisor to the Chief of the Defence Staff on subjects concerning the Air and Space Force ...
The Major General of the Defence Staff (French: Major Général des Armées, lit. ' Major General of the Armies ', acronym: M.G.A.) is a high ranking general officer of the French Armed Forces and the deputy to the Chief of the Defence Staff. As such, it is the second highest position in the armed forces.
Giraud designated General Charles Mast as his representative in Algeria. A secret meeting on 23 October 1942 with U.S. General Mark W. Clark and the American diplomat Robert Daniel Murphy agreed on the invasion, but the Americans promised only that Giraud would be in command "as soon as possible". Giraud, still in France, responded with a ...