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Ferdinand Foch Ferdinand Foch French marshal who as Allied supreme commander in 1918 led the counter-offensive and dictated the armistice Military command · France state institutions 1851–1929
Philippe Pétain Philippe Pétain A marshal whose Verdun prestige ended in Vichy collaboration Military command · France state institutions 1856–1951
Maxime Weygand Maxime Weygand From Foch's brilliant staff officer to a general of defeat and accommodation Military command · France state institutions 1867–1965
Maurice Gamelin Maurice Gamelin A commander-in-chief caught between defensive doctrine and forward deployment Military command · France state institutions 1872–1958
Fernand Vix Fernand Vix French officer who headed the Entente military mission in Budapest and delivered the Vix note in March 1919 Military command · France state institutions 1876–1941
Robert Touchon Robert Touchon A French general whose 1940 command exposed the tension between mountain-war expertise and an old command system Military command · France state institutions 1878–1960
Charles Delestraint Charles Delestraint A tank-war innovator who became the Secret Army's first commander Military command · France state institutions 1879–1945
Charles Huntziger Charles Huntziger A general who embodied the military case for defeat and armistice Military command · France state institutions 1880–1941
Aimé Doumenc Joseph Édouard Aimé Doumenc Logistics, armor and the 1939 Moscow mission Military command · France state institutions 1880–1948
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny Jean de Lattre de Tassigny The general who defied Vichy and led the Liberation Army Military command · France state institutions 1889–1952
Philippe François Marie Leclerc de Hauteclocque Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque Free French armoured commander Military command · France state institutions 1902–1947
Henri Rol-Tanguy Henri Rol-Tanguy Communist Resistance leader who directed the Paris uprising Military command · France state institutions 1908–2002