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Brigadier General

Name: Brigadier General – France factsheet records
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France · Warfare / Military. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

5Records

1744–1940Date range

5Named people

1Places

Chronological records

1744

Victor-Francois de Broglie Broglie, 2nd1744

Warfare / Military

Appointed Brigadier

1793

Napoleon I22 December 1793

Paris · Warfare / Military

Appointed Brigadier

1906

Marie-Joseph Edouard de Castelnau1906

Warfare / Military

Appointed Brigadier General

1907

Ferdinand Foch1907

Warfare / Military

Appointed Brigadier General

1940

Charles Andre Marie Joseph de Gaulle5 June 1940

Warfare / Military

Appointed Brigadier General

Names involved

Charles Andre Marie Joseph de GaulleFerdinand FochMarie-Joseph Edouard de CastelnauNapoleon IVictor-Francois de Broglie Broglie, 2nd

Provenance

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