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Grand Quartier Général (1939–1940)

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487: 237:. The structure was to consist of a commander-in-chief, a major-général and three aide-majors. There were to be four bureaus with different areas of responsibility, much like the GQG of the First World War. The First Bureau dealt with organisation, the Second Bureau with information, the Third Bureau with military operations and the Fourth Bureau with logistics. There would also have been a Bureau of Personnel, a Courier Section, a group of Inspector-Generals and a group composed of units and services particular to GQG. A reorganisation proposal was submitted to Marshal 426:, life at GQG was dull, occasionally broken by social and leisure events; some officers requested a transfer to the combat units in the hope of getting more exciting work. Security was tight with all comings and goings from the buildings monitored and a 9pm curfew implemented for all enlisted personnel. Visitors noted a marked difference between the two sections of GQG with Gamelin's staff described as unfriendly and cold and Georges as more welcoming and cheerful. A climate of mutual distrust existed between the two sections. This has been compared to a 483:, the place designated as a fallback location for the French government ministries in Paris. The move was ordered at 14:30 on 8 June, having been delayed by Weygand to preserve the morale of French armies in the field. The move was carried out from midnight that night and through the next day by rail and road to in stages to preserve continuity of command. The last elements of GQG withdrew from Montry at 10:00 on 9 June, with German forces just a few miles away. General Georges joined Weygand at Briare, uniting their commands for the first time. 372: 388:
the GQG and a new headquarters staff was drawn up with officers taken from the bureaus supplemented by some seconded from the field armies. The Northeast Army was recognised as the most important in the field and to ensure its logistics were handled effectively the 4th bureau took over direct responsibility for its rear supply lines. To facilitate this the officers of the fourth bureau and the inspector-generals, whilst remaining under the nominal command of the major-général, received their orders direct from Georges.
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altered. The new GQG is expected to act both as commander of the metropolitan theatre (also responsible for the north-east army), as before, and as overall commander of all French ground forces. Gamelin, as commander-in-chief, decided to form his own staff, separate from the GQG organisation, and to establish a separate command post away from GQG. This structure was the form brought into operation as the wartime GQG in 1939.
262: 241:(Vice-Chairman of the CSG) in 1928, which sought to reduce the sluggishness and inefficiency within the unit. In 1933 another proposed amendment sought to clarify the commander-in-chiefs powers. It was proposed that he would continue to have authority over just the metropolitan theatre but would act as an advisor to all other theatres and as a coordinator with any allied forces. However no reforms were implemented. 511:. These movements had little planning and GQG was forced to occupy whatever spaces were available, including hotels, spas and schools. The staff officers of GQG, spending much of their time on the road, grew despondent and frustrated at not being able to fight the enemy directly. The eventual signing of the armistice was greeted with a sense of acceptance and relief. GQG moved one last time to 443: 419:. Gamelin's reforms were not well received. The focus of GQG on the Northeast Army led to difficulties in carrying out duties for the other field armies, the restructuring increased tensions between Gamelin and Georges and presented difficulties to the individual army staffs and the British Army who did not know whom to report to. 214: 301:, 20 miles (32 km) west of Chalons. Virtus' small towns provided the potential to disperse GQG in different locations and the extensive wine cellars could be transformed into air raid shelters. However the site was still considered insufficient in regards to defence against aerial attack and so in March 1935 the site of 494:
At Briare GQG took up residence in nearby Vaugereau, Weygand and Doumenc at the Mugeut Chateau and Georges in the Beauvoir Castle in Briare. The reduced distances between the various units led to greater efficiency for GQG, but the French retreat soon forced them to move again. At 17.00 on 15 June
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Gamelin had been considering reform of GQG since November, owing to the complexity of its organisation and friction between him and Georges over their individual responsibilities. A new structure was implemented on 6 January 1940, despite the protests of Georges. Georges ceased to be involved with
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The appointment of Gamelin led to a further change of location, as he sought to reconcile his roles as theatre commander (demanding close proximity to the field armies) and as commander-in-chief (which required working alongside the Paris-based Minister of National Defence). Gamelin established his
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began on 10 May 1940 GQG was found to be too unwieldy to respond quickly. Some changes were made, with Doumenc and the head of the fourth bureau moving from Montry to Georges' headquarters at Ferte-sous-Jouarre to better liaise with the Northeast Army. Initially optimistic about the state of their
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as head of the north-east army in 1938. On 28 September 1938 the new responsibilities of GQG were set out in a memorandum. The structure changes only slightly, introducing another aide-major and making changes to the role of the inspector-generals. The function of the GQG was, however, radically
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In the inter-war years there was much debate over how the French high command should be organised, including the role and location of GQG. In the years following the deactivation of the First World War's GQG it was planned that any new GQG would have control of only the
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Activated in 1939 upon the mobilisation of the French Army, GQG struggled with an awkward distribution of staff between Vincennes and a number of more distant towns (including the staff of the important North-East army). The French chief of staff, General
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in the eastern suburbs of Paris, a site originally earmarked for the command post of the French Navy. By doing so he avoided direct pressure from the political body and involvement with the day-to-day affairs of the GQG, still sited at
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on 14 May. Struggling to find reserves to stem the German advance the GQG officers worked longer and longer hours and relations with other units became fraught. On 19 May Gamelin, who had been under pressure from president of the CSG
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where it remained for most of the war. Army planners considered many different factors such as accessibility, telephone provision, security, protection from aerial attack and the need to be close to political leaders.
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GQG responded slowly to the German attack into France when it eventually came in early May 1940. With the French and British armies in retreat, GQG was somewhat rejuvenated by the replacement of Gamelin with
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with no fewer than 70 other properties utilised in or around the town to better disperse the staff in case of aerial attack. At Meaux 24 different properties were utilised, including at nearby
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Upon the outbreak of war GQG was activated and its constituent departments dispatched to their posts. Gamelin and his staff to Vicennes; Georges and his north-east army staff, General
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between Gamelin and Georges, who said of Gamelin's reforms that "he takes the GQG and leaves me with ". The reorganisation was also ill-received by the British staff with General
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in the later 1920s, reflecting a change in French war plans from the offensive to the defensive. This however, proved susceptible to aerial attack and GQG was switched to
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region, sited in accordance with the contemporary French plans in case of war with Germany. French war plans at the time called for a quick offensive strike to occupy the
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The speed of the German advance threatened the security of GQG and it was soon forced to pull back from the front lines. GQG established its point of retreat to be
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was chosen. The site proved unsuited to dispersal of GQG elements and so the plan was later altered to allow the rear echelon bureaus to be established at
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while the inspector-generals and a few other staff remained at Meaux. General Bineau, having reached the age limit for retirement, was replaced by General
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incarnation GQG had established its headquarters fairly close to the front and it had been forced to move with the armies during the
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The GQG was established in 1911 as the wartime command structure of the French Army, the counterpart of the peacetime
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forced the GQG staff to move south-west away from the advancing German forces. By the time of the signing of the
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Military Operations France and Belgium 1917: 7 June – 10 November. Messines and Third Ypres (Passchendaele)
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Generals & Politicians: Conflict Between France's High Command, Parliament, and Government, 1914-1918
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Generals & Politicians: Conflict Between France's High Command, Parliament, and Government, 1914-1918
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For the first part of the 1920s GQG was to be established at the army headquarters of the
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From 18 January much of the new GQG was established at the 19th-century castle of the
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in the suburbs of Paris, from where it was expected to conduct a defensive war.
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from mobilisation on 2 August 1914 until it was stood down on 20 October 1919.
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Much thought was given to the physical location of GQG headquarters. In its
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on 19 May. The boost was short lived and continued French reversals in the
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The chateau at Montry, home of the GQG staff from 18 January – 8 June 1940
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in the 1920s gradually westwards. By 1938 its planned base was at the
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The GQG was finally reorganised upon the appointment of General
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as Chief of the General Staff for National Defence and General
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to resign since before the offensive, was replaced by General
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Weygand undertaking an inspection of a French air base in 1940
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The keep of Château de Vincennes, which housed Gamelin's staff
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at the end of June prior to its disbandment on 1 July 1940.
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own command post, separate from the GQG structure, at the
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defences, the staff at GQG became more nervous after the
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for which Metz was well suited. The site was changed to
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Headquarters of the French Army during World War II
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1459: 1452: 1443: 1436: 1429: 1422: 1415: 1408: 1399: 1390: 1383: 1376: 1369: 1360: 1353: 1346: 1339: 1332: 1325: 1318: 1311: 1291: 1282: 1275: 1268: 1259: 1252: 1245: 1238: 1229: 1222: 1215: 1206: 1199: 1192: 1185: 1178: 1171: 1164: 1162:Asia and Pacific 1144: 1137: 1130: 1123: 1116: 1109: 1102: 1093: 1091:Mulberry harbour 1086: 1079: 1072: 1065: 1058: 1051: 1044: 1037: 1028: 1021: 1014: 1005: 998: 991: 984: 977: 970: 963: 956: 949: 942: 933: 926: 911: 899: 892: 883: 876: 869: 862: 855: 848: 841: 820: 813: 806: 797: 788: 787: 767: 761: 760: 740: 731: 730: 710: 704: 703: 679: 640: 639: 637: 635: 625: 616: 607: 606: 596: 590: 589: 579: 573: 572: 547: 513:Clermont-Ferrand 499:, on 17 June to 452:Battle of France 191:Battle of France 151:Second World War 133:(abbreviated to 61: 59: 53: 51: 35: 26: 19: 4129: 4128: 4124: 4123: 4122: 4120: 4119: 4118: 4089: 4088: 4085: 4080: 4073: 4066: 4052: 4050: 4038: 4029: 4022: 4015: 4008: 3999: 3992: 3985: 3976: 3971:Atomic bombings 3969: 3962: 3955: 3948: 3941: 3932: 3925: 3918: 3911: 3904: 3897: 3890: 3883: 3876: 3869: 3862: 3855: 3848: 3841: 3834: 3827: 3814: 3807: 3796: 3789: 3782: 3773: 3766: 3759: 3752: 3745: 3738: 3729: 3720: 3713: 3704: 3697: 3690: 3683: 3674: 3667: 3662:Eastern Romania 3660: 3655:Warsaw Uprising 3653: 3648:Tannenberg Line 3646: 3639: 3634:Western Ukraine 3632: 3623: 3616: 3607: 3598: 3589: 3582: 3575: 3564: 3555: 3542: 3535: 3526: 3519: 3512: 3505: 3498: 3491: 3484: 3475: 3468: 3461: 3452: 3445: 3438: 3431: 3426:Battle of Kursk 3424: 3417: 3410: 3403: 3396: 3383: 3376: 3367: 3360: 3353: 3344: 3337: 3330: 3323: 3314: 3305: 3298: 3291: 3284: 3277: 3270: 3263: 3256: 3249: 3242: 3237:St Nazaire Raid 3235: 3228: 3221: 3208: 3201: 3194: 3187: 3180: 3173: 3166: 3159: 3152: 3145: 3138: 3131: 3124: 3117: 3110: 3103: 3096: 3089: 3082: 3075: 3061: 3052: 3045: 3038: 3031: 3024: 3019:Anglo-Iraqi War 3017: 3010:Battle of Crete 3008: 3001: 2994: 2987: 2980: 2967: 2958: 2951: 2944: 2939:Eastern Romania 2937: 2930: 2923: 2916: 2909: 2902: 2895: 2888: 2881: 2874: 2867: 2860: 2853: 2846: 2839: 2832: 2819: 2812: 2805: 2798: 2791: 2784: 2777: 2770: 2757: 2748: 2741: 2734: 2727: 2720: 2713: 2704: 2697: 2690: 2681: 2674: 2648: 2641: 2634: 2625: 2618: 2613: 2604: 2597: 2590: 2581: 2574: 2565: 2558: 2553: 2546: 2533: 2526: 2517: 2510: 2505: 2500:Western Ukraine 2498: 2491: 2484: 2477: 2470: 2463: 2456: 2449: 2444:Northeast China 2442: 2435: 2428: 2421: 2414: 2407: 2398: 2391: 2384: 2377: 2370: 2363: 2356: 2349: 2342: 2335: 2328: 2321: 2314: 2307: 2300: 2293: 2286: 2279: 2272: 2259: 2252: 2245: 2238: 2231: 2224: 2217: 2210: 2203: 2196: 2189: 2182: 2169: 2162: 2155: 2150:Slovak Republic 2148: 2140: 2133: 2126: 2121:Empire of Japan 2119: 2110: 2102: 2095: 2088: 2081: 2074: 2067: 2059: 2052: 2045: 2037: 2030: 2017: 2010: 2001: 1994: 1985: 1978: 1971: 1964: 1957: 1950: 1943: 1931: 1924: 1917: 1910: 1903: 1896: 1889: 1882: 1875: 1863: 1856: 1849: 1842: 1835: 1823: 1815: 1808: 1801: 1794: 1787: 1780: 1773: 1761: 1754: 1747: 1740: 1733: 1707: 1698: 1691: 1684: 1677: 1666: 1651: 1644: 1637: 1633:Sexual violence 1632: 1625: 1616: 1609: 1602: 1593: 1586: 1579: 1572: 1565: 1556: 1547: 1540: 1533: 1526: 1519: 1512: 1503: 1496: 1489: 1482: 1469: 1462: 1455: 1448: 1439: 1432: 1425: 1418: 1411: 1402: 1393: 1386: 1379: 1372: 1363: 1356: 1351:Greek Civil War 1349: 1342: 1335: 1328: 1321: 1314: 1307: 1294: 1287: 1278: 1271: 1264: 1255: 1248: 1241: 1234: 1225: 1218: 1211: 1202: 1195: 1188: 1181: 1176:South-East Asia 1174: 1167: 1160: 1147: 1140: 1133: 1126: 1119: 1112: 1105: 1098: 1089: 1082: 1075: 1068: 1061: 1054: 1047: 1040: 1035:Military awards 1033: 1024: 1017: 1010: 1001: 994: 987: 980: 973: 966: 959: 952: 945: 938: 929: 922: 902: 895: 888: 879: 872: 865: 860: 851: 844: 837: 829: 824: 792: 791: 784: 769: 768: 764: 757: 742: 741: 734: 727: 712: 711: 707: 681: 680: 643: 633: 631: 623: 618: 617: 610: 598: 597: 593: 581: 580: 576: 569: 549: 548: 544: 539: 521: 507:and 20 June to 440: 438:German invasion 383:in January 1940 369: 361:Duke of Windsor 337: 332: 271:First World War 259: 257:Location of GQG 246:Maurice Gamelin 239:Philippe Pétain 227:First World War 211: 175:Maurice Gamelin 159:First World War 127: 109:Maurice Gamelin 95:GQG or Grand QG 57: 55: 49: 47: 38: 17: 12: 11: 5: 4127: 4125: 4117: 4116: 4111: 4106: 4101: 4091: 4090: 4082: 4081: 4079: 4078: 4071: 4064: 4047: 4044: 4043: 4040: 4039: 4037: 4036: 4035: 4034: 4027: 4020: 4006: 4005: 4004: 3990: 3987:South Sakhalin 3983: 3982: 3981: 3967: 3960: 3953: 3946: 3939: 3938: 3937: 3923: 3916: 3909: 3902: 3895: 3888: 3881: 3874: 3867: 3860: 3853: 3846: 3839: 3832: 3824: 3822: 3816: 3815: 3813: 3812: 3805: 3804: 3803: 3787: 3780: 3779: 3778: 3764: 3757: 3750: 3743: 3736: 3727: 3718: 3711: 3702: 3695: 3688: 3681: 3672: 3665: 3658: 3651: 3644: 3637: 3630: 3621: 3614: 3605: 3596: 3587: 3580: 3573: 3562: 3552: 3550: 3544: 3543: 3541: 3540: 3533: 3532: 3531: 3524: 3510: 3503: 3496: 3489: 3482: 3481: 3480: 3466: 3459: 3450: 3443: 3436: 3429: 3422: 3415: 3412:Battle of Attu 3408: 3401: 3393: 3391: 3385: 3384: 3382: 3381: 3374: 3365: 3358: 3351: 3342: 3335: 3328: 3321: 3312: 3311: 3310: 3303: 3289: 3282: 3275: 3268: 3261: 3254: 3247: 3240: 3233: 3226: 3218: 3216: 3210: 3209: 3207: 3206: 3199: 3192: 3185: 3178: 3171: 3164: 3161:Battle of Guam 3157: 3150: 3143: 3136: 3129: 3122: 3115: 3108: 3101: 3094: 3087: 3084:Battle of Kiev 3080: 3073: 3059: 3058: 3057: 3043: 3036: 3029: 3022: 3015: 3014: 3013: 2999: 2992: 2985: 2977: 2975: 2969: 2968: 2966: 2965: 2956: 2949: 2942: 2935: 2928: 2921: 2914: 2907: 2900: 2893: 2886: 2879: 2872: 2865: 2858: 2851: 2844: 2837: 2829: 2827: 2821: 2820: 2818: 2817: 2810: 2803: 2796: 2789: 2782: 2775: 2767: 2765: 2759: 2758: 2756: 2755: 2754: 2753: 2746: 2739: 2732: 2725: 2711: 2710: 2709: 2702: 2688: 2687: 2686: 2671: 2669: 2660: 2654: 2653: 2650: 2649: 2647: 2646: 2639: 2632: 2631: 2630: 2623: 2611: 2610: 2609: 2595: 2588: 2587: 2586: 2583:United Kingdom 2579: 2572: 2571: 2570: 2551: 2543: 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1598: 1591: 1584: 1570: 1563: 1562: 1561: 1554: 1553: 1552: 1545: 1531: 1524: 1510: 1509: 1508: 1501: 1494: 1479: 1477: 1471: 1470: 1468: 1467: 1464:United Nations 1460: 1453: 1446: 1445: 1444: 1437: 1430: 1423: 1409: 1400: 1391: 1384: 1377: 1370: 1361: 1354: 1347: 1340: 1333: 1326: 1323:Decolonization 1319: 1312: 1304: 1302: 1296: 1295: 1293: 1292: 1285: 1284: 1283: 1269: 1262: 1261: 1260: 1253: 1246: 1232: 1231: 1230: 1223: 1209: 1208: 1207: 1200: 1193: 1186: 1179: 1172: 1157: 1155: 1149: 1148: 1146: 1145: 1138: 1131: 1124: 1117: 1110: 1103: 1096: 1095: 1094: 1087: 1073: 1066: 1059: 1052: 1045: 1038: 1031: 1030: 1029: 1015: 1008: 1007: 1006: 999: 996:United Kingdom 992: 978: 971: 964: 957: 950: 943: 936: 935: 934: 919: 917: 908: 904: 903: 901: 900: 893: 886: 885: 884: 877: 870: 858: 857: 856: 842: 834: 831: 830: 825: 823: 822: 815: 808: 800: 790: 789: 782: 762: 755: 732: 725: 705: 641: 608: 591: 574: 567: 551:Edmonds, J. E. 541: 540: 538: 535: 534: 533: 527: 520: 517: 466:Maxime Weygand 439: 436: 401:Seine-et-Marne 368: 365: 349:Lizy-sur-Ourcq 336: 333: 331: 328: 258: 255: 210: 207: 187:Maxime Weygand 125: 122: 121: 119:Maxime Weygand 116: 112: 111: 106: 102: 101: 97: 96: 93: 89: 88: 85: 81: 80: 75: 71: 70: 67: 63: 62: 44: 40: 39: 36: 28: 27: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 4126: 4115: 4112: 4110: 4107: 4105: 4102: 4100: 4097: 4096: 4094: 4087: 4076: 4072: 4069: 4065: 4062: 4061: 4056: 4049: 4048: 4045: 4032: 4028: 4025: 4021: 4018: 4014: 4013: 4011: 4007: 4002: 3998: 3997: 3995: 3994:Kuril Islands 3991: 3988: 3984: 3979: 3975: 3974: 3972: 3968: 3965: 3961: 3958: 3954: 3951: 3947: 3944: 3940: 3935: 3931: 3930: 3928: 3924: 3921: 3917: 3914: 3910: 3907: 3903: 3900: 3896: 3893: 3889: 3886: 3882: 3879: 3875: 3872: 3868: 3865: 3861: 3858: 3854: 3851: 3847: 3844: 3840: 3837: 3833: 3830: 3826: 3825: 3823: 3821: 3817: 3810: 3806: 3801: 3800: 3795: 3794: 3792: 3788: 3785: 3781: 3776: 3772: 3771: 3769: 3765: 3762: 3761:Syrmian Front 3758: 3755: 3751: 3748: 3744: 3741: 3737: 3734: 3733: 3728: 3725: 3724: 3719: 3716: 3712: 3709: 3708: 3707:Market Garden 3703: 3700: 3696: 3693: 3689: 3686: 3682: 3679: 3678: 3673: 3670: 3666: 3663: 3659: 3656: 3652: 3649: 3645: 3642: 3638: 3635: 3631: 3628: 3627: 3622: 3619: 3615: 3612: 3611: 3606: 3603: 3602: 3597: 3594: 3593: 3588: 3585: 3581: 3578: 3574: 3571: 3567: 3566:Monte Cassino 3563: 3560: 3559: 3554: 3553: 3551: 3549: 3545: 3538: 3534: 3529: 3525: 3522: 3518: 3517: 3515: 3511: 3508: 3504: 3501: 3497: 3494: 3490: 3487: 3483: 3478: 3474: 3473: 3471: 3467: 3464: 3460: 3457: 3456: 3451: 3448: 3444: 3441: 3437: 3434: 3430: 3427: 3423: 3420: 3416: 3413: 3409: 3406: 3402: 3399: 3395: 3394: 3392: 3390: 3386: 3379: 3375: 3372: 3371: 3366: 3363: 3359: 3356: 3352: 3349: 3348: 3343: 3340: 3336: 3333: 3329: 3326: 3322: 3319: 3318: 3313: 3308: 3304: 3301: 3297: 3296: 3294: 3290: 3287: 3283: 3280: 3276: 3273: 3269: 3266: 3262: 3259: 3255: 3252: 3248: 3245: 3241: 3238: 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Index


French Army
Maurice Gamelin
Maxime Weygand
general headquarters
French Army
Second World War
GQG
First World War
Metz
Château de Vincennes
Maurice Gamelin
Alphonse Joseph Georges
Maxime Weygand
Battle of France
Second Armistice at Compiègne
Montauban
Toulouse

Conseil Supérieur de la Guerre
First World War
metropolitan theatre of operations
Philippe Pétain
Maurice Gamelin
Alphonse Joseph Georges

First World War
Retreat from Mons
Chantilly
Metz

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