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Maurice Gustave Gamelin (French pronunciation: [mɔʁis ɡystav ɡamlɛ̃]; 20 September 1872 – 18 April 1958) was a French general. He is remembered for his disastrous command (until 17 May 1940) of the French military during the Battle of France in World War II and his steadfast defence of republican values.
Maurice Gamelin (born Sept. 20, 1872, Paris, Fr.—died April 18, 1958, Paris) was a French army commander in chief at the beginning of World War II who proved unable to stop the German assault on France (May 1940) that led to the French collapse in June of that year.
Maurice Gustave Gamelin, né le 20 septembre 1872 à Paris et mort le 18 avril 1958 dans la même ville [1], est un général français, grand-croix de la Légion d'honneur et médaillé militaire. Il commande l' Armée française pendant la drôle de guerre de 1939 - 1940 .
Mar 19, 2016 · At the start of the Second World War, the French general staff were led by General Maurice Gamelin, an officer widely respected by both allies and opponents. A veteran of the First World War, he was credited with much of the planning that led to victory at Marne in 1914.
Gustave-Maurice Gamelin was a veteran of WW1. He was credited with the planning of the French counterattack of 1914 that led to a victorious First Battle of the Marne. During the Polish-Bolshevik War of 1919-1921, he acted as an advisor of the Polish forces.
Maurice Gustave Gamelin (môrēs´ güstäv´ gäməlăN´), 1872–1958, French army officer. During World War I he served on General Joffre's staff and as a division commander. He was made chief of the French general staff (1931) and chief of staff of national defense (1938).
Maurice Gamelin was the son of an officer and army controller general wounded at the Battle of Solferino in 1859 and a mother from the Alsace, the daughter of Quartermaster General Ulrich and the niece of the military Governor of Strasbourg in 1870.
Maurice Gustave Gamelin commanded the Allied forces at the beginning of World War Two. He was born in Paris in 1872 and educated at Saint Cyr, France´s preeminent military school. Gamelin rose in rank from Major to Brigadier General during the First World War.
Nov 13, 2003 · Reviled by many of his contemporaries and by two generations of historians as 'the man who lost the Battle of France' in 1940, Gamelin is here presented as a man...
Maurice Gustave Gamelin was a French general. He is remembered for his disastrous command of the French military during the Battle of France in World War II and his steadfast defence of republican values.
