Maurice Gamelin

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French Army general human

Maurice Gamelin was a French army general who served as commander-in-chief of the French forces at the outset of World War II and is often associated with France’s rapid defeat in 1940.

Aliases (2)

Maurice Gustave Gamelin ×1
Maxime Weygand ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French Army general → human →
allegiance	Third French Republic →
awardReceived	Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 → Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 → Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour →
burialPlace	France → Paris →
causeOfNotability	high command decisions during the 1940 campaign →
commanded	Allied forces on the Western Front at the start of World War II → French metropolitan forces in 1939–1940 →
conflict	Battle of France → World War I → World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	France →
dateOfBirth	1872-09-20 →
dateOfDeath	1958-04-18 →
dateOfEndOfCommand	1940-05 →
educatedAt	École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr →
era	World War II era → interwar period →
familyName	Gamelin →
genre	military memoir →
givenName	Maurice →
hasLanguage	French →
memberOf	French High Command →
militaryBranch	French Army →
militaryDoctrine	emphasis on static defense and the Maginot Line →
militaryRank	général d’armée →
name	Maurice Gustave Gamelin →
notableFor	association with France’s rapid defeat in 1940 → command of French forces at the outset of World War II → role in the Battle of France →
notableWork	Servir (memoirs) →
occupation	general → military officer →
participatedIn	planning of the Allied defense in 1939–1940 →
placeOfBirth	France → Paris →
placeOfDeath	France → Paris →
positionHeld	commander-in-chief of the Allied armies in Western Europe → commander-in-chief of the French Army →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
replacedBy	Maxime Weygand →
wrote	Servir →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of France → Battle of France ("Maxime Weygand") → Battle of Sedan (1940) →	commandedBy
Saar Offensive →	commander
Maurice Gamelin ("Maurice Gustave Gamelin") →	name