Maurice Gamelin

September 20, 1872 – April 18, 1958

French general; Allied commander-in-chief at the start of World War II; dismissed during the Battle of France on 19 May 1940.

Who else was alive Wikipedia

Military service

• French Army Generalissimo

Affiliations

Education

• Collège Stanislas de Paris
• École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr

Timeline

1873

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1921

1927

1933

1939

1945

1951

1957

 

Maurice Gamelin

 

World War I

 

First Battle of the Marne

 

Battle of the Somme

 

World War II

 

Phoney War

 

Saar Offensive

 

German invasion of Belgium (1940)

 

Battle of France

 

Battle of Sedan (1940)