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Chief of Staff

France · Warfare / Military. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

10Records
1798–1942Date range
7Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1798

Louis-Gabriel Suchet Albufera1798

Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of Staff in Switzerland

1799

Louis-Gabriel Suchet Albufera1799

Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of Staff of the Army of Italy

1815

Nicolas-Jean de Dieu Soult Dalmatie1815

Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of Staff

1907

Ferdinand Foch1907

Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of Staff to V Corps

1914

Maxime Weygand28 August 1914

River Marne · Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of Staff of the Ninth Army

1915

Marie-Joseph Edouard de Castelnau1915

Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of Staff

1931

Maurice Gustave Gamelin1931

Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of Staff of the Army

1938

Maurice Gustave Gamelin1938

Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of Staff

1939

Maurice Gustave GamelinSeptember 1939

Warfare / Military

Appointed Commander in Chief of the Allied Forces

1942

Pierre Billotte1942

London · Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of Staff

Names involved

Ferdinand FochLouis-Gabriel Suchet AlbuferaMarie-Joseph Edouard de CastelnauMaurice Gustave GamelinMaxime WeygandNicolas-Jean de Dieu Soult DalmatiePierre Billotte

Provenance

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