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Alphonse Georges

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French general (1875-1951)

FranceLived 1875 to 1951 · aged 75
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Alphonse Joseph Georges was a French army officer. He was commander in chief of the North-Eastern Front in 1939 and 1940. Opposing the plan by supreme commander Maurice Gamelin to move the best Allied forces into the Low Countries, he was overruled.

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1908Officier de l'Instruction publique
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
Croix de guerre 1914-1918
Croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures
Croix de Guerre
Médaille militaire
Officer of the Order of Agricultural Merit
Order of St. Sava
Knight grand cross of the order of the crown of Italy
Distinguished Service Order

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Alphonse Joseph Georges was a French army officer. He was commander in chief of the North-Eastern Front in 1939 and 1940. Opposing the plan by supreme commander Maurice Gamelin to move the best Allied forces into the Low Countries, he was overruled. Georges tried to allow as much initiative to his subordinates as possible to improve operational flexibility.

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Lived 1875 to 1951 · aged 75
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