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Commander in Chief

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

12Records
1706–1953Date range
10Named people
4Places

Chronological records

1706

Philippe II of Orleans1706

Warfare / Military

Appointed Commander of the Army in Italy

1707

Philippe II of Orleans1707

Warfare / Military

Appointed Commander of the French Army in Spain

1756

Louis-Joseph Montcalm-Gozon1756

Candiac · Warfare / Military

Appointed Commander of the French forces in North America

1794

Paul Francois Barras1794

Paris · Warfare / Military

Appointed Commander in Chief

1798

Napoleon I1798

Paris · Warfare / Military

Appointed "Commander of the army against England"

1800

Louis-Gabriel Suchet Albufera7 March 1800

Warfare / Military

Appointed Commander in Italy

1809

Nicolas-Jean de Dieu Soult Dalmatie1809

Warfare / Military

Appointed Commander in Chief in Spain

1814

Louis-Gabriel Suchet Albufera1814

Warfare / Military

Appointed Commander in Chief, Army of the South

1918

Ferdinand Foch26 March 1918

Picardy · Warfare / Military

Appointed Commander for Allied operations on the Western Front

1939

Jean Francois Darlan1939

Warfare / Military

Appointed Commander in Chief

1943

Henri-Honore Giraud1943

London · Warfare / Military

Appointedommander-in-Chief of the Free French. Appointed Commander in Chief of the Free French

1953

Henri Navarre1953

Warfare / Military

Appointed Commander in Chief of the French forces in Indochina

Names involved

Ferdinand FochHenri NavarreHenri-Honore GiraudJean Francois DarlanLouis-Gabriel Suchet AlbuferaLouis-Joseph Montcalm-GozonNapoleon INicolas-Jean de Dieu Soult DalmatiePaul Francois BarrasPhilippe II of Orleans

Provenance

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