Koenig, Marie-Pierre Joseph François
- Date of birth:
- October 10th, 1898 (Caen, France)
- Date of death:
- September 2nd, 1970 (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France)
- Nationality:
- French
Biography
Career:
1917 : as a volonteer join the 36th Infantry Regiment
February 1918 : aspirant (officer cadet)
3rd September 1918 : sous-lieutenant (lieutenant)
1920-30 : served in Silesia, French Alps, Germany and in Marrakech (Morocco)
July 1940 : join the Free French Forces as a captain serving in the 13e demi-brigade de Légion étrangère in Africa
1940 : served in Dakar and Gabon
Beginning 1941 : promoted colonel
July 1941 : promoted brigadier general
26th May - 11th June 1942 : commander of the Free French during the battles of Bir Hakeim and El Alamein
June 1944 : promoted lieutenant-general
August 1944 : military governor of Paris
1945-49 : commander of the French army in the French occupation zone of Germany
1984 : Marshal of France, posthumously
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Croix de Guerre (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- September 8th, 1918
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- 1934
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 1st, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Compagnon
- Awarded on:
- June 25th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Officier
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Legion of Merit - Commander (LoM - C)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Orden Suvorova 1
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Général de corps d'armée (Army Corps General)
- Awarded on:
- April 8th, 1946
Grootofficier in de Leopoldsorde / Grand officier de l'Ordre de Léopold
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Huisorde van Oranje - Grootkruis (HO.1)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Grand Croix du l'Ordre de la Couronne de Chêne
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Storkommandører af Dannebrog
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sanct Olavs Orden Grand Cross
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Ceskoslovenský vojenský rád Bilého lva "Za vítezství"
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Basilikon Tagma toy Georgioya A - Grand Cross
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Ordre de Saint-Charles - Grand-croix
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Ordre du Mérite Militaire Chérifien
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Nichan Iftikhar, Grand Cordon
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Ordre de l'Étoile d'Anjouan - Grand-officier
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Order Virtuti Militari Commander
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Sources
- - forum.faleristika.info
- Stephane Kayser
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