Alphonse Georges

French general (1875-1951) · France · On the map · Died at 75

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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General Georges, left, with General Lord Gort at Arras, c. 1940

General Georges accompanied by General Lord Gort, commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), inspecting men of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, British 5th Division, at Béthune, France, 23 April 1940

Awards

Officier de l'Instruction publique1908

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

About this person

Georges tried to allow as much initiative to his subordinates as possible to improve operational flexibility.

Country

France

Type

Other

Status

Deceased

Dates

Lived 1875 to 1951 · aged 75